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100 1 _aDaigh, Michael,
_d1977-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aJohn Brown in memory and myth /
_cMichael Daigh.
264 1 _aJefferson, North Carolina :
_bMcFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers,
_c2015.
300 _a1 online resource (268 pages) :
_billustrations
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 250-254) and index.
505 0 _aPart I. The lehrejahre -- How the true world finally became a fable -- Rationality ex post facto -- New millennium homes -- The prejudices of philosophers and historians -- Peoples and nations -- The stillest hour -- The land of education -- Part II. The wanderjahre -- All too human -- The stasis -- Beyond good and evil -- Skirmishes of an untimely man -- The return home -- The child with the mirror -- Preparatory men -- The convalescent wanderer -- Part III. Dies irae, dies illa -- The means to real peace -- Upon these stones -- Like ashes in the fall -- The revelation of John Brown -- The metaphysics of the hangman -- Where faith is needed -- The history of an error -- The last witness.
520 _a"This is the story of John Brown, the age he embodied and the myth he became, and how the tragic gravity of his actions transformed America's past and future. Through biographical narrative, his life and legacy are discussed as a study in metaphor and power, and the nature of historical memory"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
600 1 0 _aBrown, John,
_d1800-1859
_xInfluence.
650 0 _aAntislavery movements
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aAbolitionists
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
651 0 _aHarpers Ferry (W. Va.)
_xHistory
_yJohn Brown's Raid, 1859.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aDaigh, Michael.
_tJohn Brown in memory and myth.
_dJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers, 2015
_hviii, 259 pages ; 26 cm
_z9780786496174
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=11092559
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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942 0 0 _cEB
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