Book · 2011 · History
Midnight Rising
John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
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The whole story of how they did this is rather fascinating. In Midnight Rising breaks it down in granular detail. I really recommend that book. Yeah, that book sounds really [ __ ] cool. It is cool.
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According to the book Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz, quote, he also displayed an unusual tolerance towards the native inhabitants of Ohio.
I'm going to quote again from the book Midnight Rising. His firstborn, John Jr., was required to keep a ledger listing his sins and detailing the punishment due each.
This paragraph from Midnight Rising makes it clear why. Quote, none of Brown's sons adopted their father's orthodox faith, and several openly challenged it, an apostasy that vexed him tremendously.
I'm going to quote again from Midnight Rising. Her frequently absent husband acknowledged the hardship she endured in an unusually tender letter in 1847.
From the book Midnight Rising, quote, brandishing the captured Bowie knife strapped just above his boot or loading a revolver as he warned of federal marshals on his trail.
This quote from Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz makes it clear kind of both what was neat about what he was doing there and what was a little problematic.
Why people recommend it
Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz is a gripping and granular historical account of John Brown's fateful raid on Harper's Ferry and the events leading up to the American Civil War. On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans frequently cited the biography, highly recommending it to listeners for its exceptional and detailed exploration of Brown's life and logistics. Evans utilized the book to illustrate various facets of Brown's complex character, noting his unusual tolerance toward Native Americans in Ohio alongside the strict, sometimes harsh disciplinary measures he imposed on his children, such as requiring his eldest son to keep a ledger of sins. Furthermore, Evans drew from the text to highlight Brown's troubled yet tender relationship with his wife and the ways in which the abolitionist deliberately cultivated an outlaw persona—complete with a Bowie knife and revolver—to captivate genteel Northern audiences and raise crucial support. The host praised Hughes-Hallett's writing and the biography's ability to chronicle Brown's actions with a clear-eyed perspective, examining both the genuinely egalitarian aims and the more authoritarian or problematic elements of his proposed revolutionary government.
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Robert Evans The whole story of how they did this is rather fascinating. In Midnight Rising breaks it down in granular d… 7
“According to the book Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz, quote, he also displayed an unusual tolerance towards the native inhabitants of Ohio. Some persons seemed disposed to quarrel with the Indians, but I never was, he wrote.”
“And I'm going to quote again from the book Midnight Rising. His firstborn, John Jr., was required to keep a ledger listing his sins and detailing the punishment due each. Unfaithfulness at work earned three lashes.”
“His relationship with his sons is fascinating to me, and I think this paragraph from Midnight Rising makes it clear why. Quote, "None of Brown's sons adopted their father's orthodox faith, and several openly challenged it, an apostasy that vexed him tremendously.”
“And I'm going to quote again from Midnight Rising. Her frequently absent husband acknowledged the hardship she endured in an unusually tender letter in 1847, noting his follies, the very considerable difference in our age, and the fact that I sometimes chide you severely.”
“from the book Midnight Rising. Quote, brandishing the captured Bowie knife strapped just above his boot or loading a revolver as he warned of federal marshals on his trail. Brown also introduced a fiancé to the genteel parlors of New England.”
“And I think this quote from Midnight Rising uh by Tony Horwitz makes it clear kind of both what was neat about what he was doing there and what was a little problematic. John Brown cited this infamous ruling in his constitution's preamble”
“The whole story of how they did this is rather fascinating. In Midnight Rising breaks it down in granular detail. I really recommend that book. Yeah, that book sounds really [ __ ] cool. It is cool.”
