The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry

Reeks: Civil War Classics

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  • To
  • commemorate
  • the
  • 150th
  • Anniversary
  • of
  • the
  • end
  • of
  • the
  • Civil
  • War,
  • Diversion
  • Books
  • is
  • publishing
  • seminal
  • works
  • of
  • the
  • era:
  • stories
  • told
  • by
  • the
  • men
  • and
  • women
  • who
  • led,
  • who
  • fought,
  • and
  • who
  • lived
  • in
  • an
  • America
  • that
  • had
  • come
  • apart
  • at
  • the
  • seams.The
  • story
  • of
  • John
  • Brown’s
  • Raid
  • is
  • one
  • of
  • tremendous
  • import
  • to
  • Civil
  • War
  • Historians.
  • This
  • chronicle
  • of
  • the
  • famous
  • abolitionist’s
  • raid
  • on
  • a
  • federal
  • armory—and
  • his
  • subsequent
  • capture—is
  • meticulously
  • captured
  • in
  • this
  • retelling
  • from
  • the
  • era.
  • A
  • key
  • location
  • in
  • the
  • politics
  • of
  • the
  • Civil
  • War,
  • Harper’s
  • Ferry
  • plays
  • a
  • seminal
  • role
  • in
  • understanding
  • the
  • temperature
  • of
  • the
  • country,
  • and
  • divisions
  • within
  • each
  • side.
  • This
  • historical
  • account
  • is
  • a
  • must-have
  • for
  • every
  • Civil
  • War buff.
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