Cloudsplitter
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0676971156
ISBN 13
9780676971156
Category
813 Fiction
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Subject
Brown, John, -- 1800-1859 -- Fiction. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 -- Fiction. Antislavery movements -- Fiction.
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Abstract
A novel on John Brown, the slavery abolitionist, narrated by one of his 20 children. The narrator is his son Owen, who fought at his father's side and he tells the story in a series of letters to a biographer. Owen describes his father as a loving family man and provides insight into Brown's motives for becoming an abolitionist, including business failures.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Historical fiction
Fiction
History
Romans, nouvelles, etc
Named Person: John Brown; John Brown; John Brown
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Russell Banks
ISBN: 0060168609 9780060168605 0060930861 9780060930868
OCLC Number: 37024178
Awards: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 1999.
Description: 758 pages ; 25 cm
Responsibility: Russell Banks.
Fiction
History
Romans, nouvelles, etc
Named Person: John Brown; John Brown; John Brown
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Russell Banks
ISBN: 0060168609 9780060168605 0060930861 9780060930868
OCLC Number: 37024178
Awards: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 1999.
Description: 758 pages ; 25 cm
Responsibility: Russell Banks.
Number of Copies
1
