John Brown Titles: the good John Brown Harpers Ferry Raid books
David S. Reynolds
Recommended
Louis A. DeCaro, Jr.
Review by Jean Libby
Review by Jean Libby
| descendants of the Women Abolitionists of Santa Clara County, now known as Silicon Valley. JOHN BROWN'S FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA by Jean Libby, April Halberstadt, Eric Ledell Smith, John M. Lawlor, Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. |
| Order John Brown Mysteries online Pan African City Store, Sunnyvale, California Jean Libby, editor and compiler with eight authors "Allies for Freedom." a nonprofit publication cover art by Jimica Akinloye Kenyatta of West Virginia $11.95 John Brown Mysteries |
Who told John Brown that Harpers Ferry was "the perfect steel trap" in 1859? Frederick Douglass |
Louis A. DeCaro knows the people, feels the pain of enslavement, and honors the militant action of John Brown and his band of young followers. New York University Press, 2002. |
Two young Harvard
professors, Timothy
Patrick McCarthy and
John Stauffer, set out
to "reconsider the
history of American
abolitionism" by asking
up-and-coming
scholars to write and
to help each other.
The result is noted by
Eric Foner to "change
our understanding not
only of American
abolitionism,
but of American
Society itself." The
New Press
Prophets of Protest
professors, Timothy
Patrick McCarthy and
John Stauffer, set out
to "reconsider the
history of American
abolitionism" by asking
up-and-coming
scholars to write and
to help each other.
The result is noted by
Eric Foner to "change
our understanding not
only of American
abolitionism,
but of American
Society itself." The
New Press
Prophets of Protest
| Inspired by a conversation William Loren Katz had with Langston Hughes, The Black West presents long-neglected stories of daring pioneers and a host of other intrepid men and women who marched into the wilderness alongside Chief Osceola, Billy the Kid and Geronimo. |
| "Great God Almighty! It's Old John Brown!" Sword of the Spirit, an audio CD by Magpie (Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino) that commemorates and celebrates the raid on Harpers Ferry, October 16, 1859. CD includes "Mary Brown, Abolitionist" by Peggy Eyres. |
Mean to Be Free; John Brown's Black Nation Campaign Honors thesis in African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley by Jean Libby, Shown on university cable TV DVD remastered 2011 |
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| Malaquias Montoya by Terezita Romo Jean Libby's photograph of the mural by Malaquias Montoya in Oakland, California (no longer extant) is in the new book on Chicano artists |
| Essential reference work by Tom Calarco, for ABC People of the Underground Railroad: a biographical dictionary. John Brown chapter is helpful for anyone who is researching and writing. Recommend it to your school or public library! |
| Terrible Swift Sword; the Legacy of John Brown a collection of essays from the first Conference on John Brown at Penn State Montalto in 1996. edited by Peggy Russo and Paul Finkelman includes "How Rev. Thomas W. Henry Met John Brown" by Jean Libby |
You can purchase "John Brown Photo Chronology" on Amazon.com Internet Bookselling for $24 |
Review of Tony Horwitz' Midnight Rising by Jean Libby. December 2011. |