The zealot and the emancipator John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the struggle for American freedom

Master storyteller and bestselling historian H. W. Brands narrates the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham Lincoln -- two men moved to radically different acts to confront our nation's gravest sin. John Brown was a charismatic and deeply religious man who heard the God o...

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Main Author: Brands, H. W. (Author)
Other Authors: Fass, Robert (Narrator)
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Language:English
Published: New York : Random House Audio, 2020.
Edition:Unabridged.
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