{"product_id":"midnight-rising-john-brown-and-the-raid-that-sparked-the-civil-war","title":"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War","description":"xiv, 365 pp. Plotted 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, Midnight Rising portrays Brown's uprising in vivid color, revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict. Brown, 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.\" Tony 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.","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41333913813062,"sku":"2343051","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/files\/2343051.jpg?v=1712792276","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/midnight-rising-john-brown-and-the-raid-that-sparked-the-civil-war","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}