Terrible swift sword : the legacy of John Brown / / edited by Peggy A. Russo and Paul Finkelman.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Russo, Peggy A.; Finkelman, Paul, 1949-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xxx, 228, [8] p. :; ill.
• Other title: Why Theodore Parker backed John Brown : the political and social roots of support for abolitionist violence /; They heard his call /; How Rev. Thomas W. Henry of the AME Church met John Brown /; John Brown as founder : America's violent confrontation with its first principles /; John Brown and the legacy of martyrdom /; John Brown as "lawless fanatic" : a usable past for the postwar South /; behavioral analysis of John Brown : martyr or terrorist? /; psychological examination of John Brown /; Hero, martyr, madman : representations of John Brown in the poetry of the John Brown year, 1859-60 /; Beyond history : John Brown, raising holy hell, and posthistorical fiction /; John Brown's fort : a contested national symbol /; John Brown goes to Hollywood : Santa Fe Trail and Seven angry men /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0821441507; 0821416308 (cloth : alk. paper); 0821416316 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Peggy A. Russo and Paul Finkelman.