{"product_id":"midnight-rising-john-brown-and-the-raid-that-sparked-the-civil-war-9780312429263","title":"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book for 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Best Books of 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Book of 2011\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in U.S. history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. Now, \u003ci\u003eMidnight Rising \u003c\/i\u003eportrays Brown's uprising in vivid color, revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrown, the descendant of New England Puritans, saw slavery as a sin against America's founding principles. Unlike most abolitionists, he was willing to take up arms, and in 1859 he prepared for battle at a hideout in Maryland, joined by his teenage daughter, three of his sons, and a guerrilla band that included former slaves and a dashing spy. On October 17, the raiders seized Harpers Ferry, stunning the nation and prompting a counterattack led by Robert E. Lee. After Brown's capture, his defiant eloquence galvanized the North and appalled the South, which considered Brown a terrorist. The raid also helped elect Abraham Lincoln, who later began to fulfill Brown's dream with the Emancipation Proclamation, a measure he called \"a John Brown raid, on a gigantic scale.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTony Horwitz's riveting book travels antebellum America to deliver both a taut historical drama and a telling portrait of a nation divided--a time that still resonates in ours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Horwitz\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMidnight Rising\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Voyage Long and Strange\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Latitudes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfederates in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBaghdad Without a Map\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has worked for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Martha's Vineyard with his wife, Geraldine Brooks, and their two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612067107090,"sku":"9780312429263","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b62aca13-796c-4dd2-a82d-b9909434057d.jpg?v=1732369260","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/midnight-rising-john-brown-and-the-raid-that-sparked-the-civil-war-9780312429263","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}