Explore the latest books of this year!
Bookbot

Cloudsplitter

Book rating

Parameters

  • 768 pages
  • 27 hours of reading

More about the book

John Brown is America's most famous political terrorist, who in 1859 raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, intending to galvanise the Southern slaves into rebellion. This is John's story, told by his son. It recreates pre-Civil War America, and tells of one man's passage from abolitionist to guerrilla fighter and, finally, martyr.

Book purchase

Cloudsplitter, Russell Banks

Language
Released
2006
product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
(Paperback)
We’ll email you as soon as we track it down.

Payment methods

4.0
Very Good
4404 Ratings

We’re missing your review here.

Language
English
Released
2006
Format
Paperback
Pages
768
ISBN10
074758530X
ISBN13
9780747585305
Series
Rating
3.95 out of 5
Description
John Brown is America's most famous political terrorist, who in 1859 raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, intending to galvanise the Southern slaves into rebellion. This is John's story, told by his son. It recreates pre-Civil War America, and tells of one man's passage from abolitionist to guerrilla fighter and, finally, martyr.