Questions About John Brown

[Linda Anderson]

Kate, here is a link to "The Abolitionists" on PBS. Scroll down for the article on John Brown including a link to more information about him.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperien...ographies/

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PBS also has a program devoted to Brown: "John Brown's Holy War."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/index.html

Here is their list of books for further reading:

"The Legend of John Brown: A Biography and a History," by Richard O. Boyer

"His Soul Goes Marching On: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid," edited by Paul Finkelman

"To Purge This Land With Blood: A Biography of John Brown," by Warren Oates and Stephen B. Oates

"The Secret Six: The True Tale of the Men Who Conspired With John Brown," by Edward J. Renehan

"John Brown, 1800-1859, A Biography Fifty Years After," by Oswald Garrison Villard