Secret Six: The True Tale of the Men Who Conspired with John Brown Contributor(s): Renehan, Edward J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1570031819 ISBN-13: 9781570031816 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: "A spellbinding study in revolution from the top down". -- New York Times Book Review |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Military - General |
Dewey: 973.711 |
LCCN: 96047366 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.21" W x 9.2" (0.99 lbs) 324 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - West Virginia - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Most Americans know that John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was one of the events that sparked the Civil War, but very few know the story of how a circle of Northern aristocrats covertly aided Brown in his quest to ignite a nationwide slave revolt. These influential men, who called themselves the Secret Six, included the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, a world-famous physician, a Unitarian minister whose rhetoric helped shape Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, an educator and close friend of Emerson and Thoreau, and two prominent philanthropists. Edward J. Renehan, Jr., recounts how these pillars of Northern society came to believe that armed conflict was necessary to purge the United States of a government-sanctioned evil, how the messianic Brown enlisted their support, and how they sought to cover up their association with him--even perjuring themselves before a congressional investigation--after his bloody debacle. |