John Brown and others inside the engine house of the Harper's Ferry Armory just before the US Marines ram through the door.

John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

Who was John Brown and how did his actions at Harpers Ferry in October of 1859 change America forever? We’ll talk this hour with Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Horwitz, whose book “Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War” (Picador, 2012) is out in paperback.


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