"Fire from the Midst of You": A Religious Life of John BrownNYU Press, 22 gru 2002 - 349 Reveals a complex new portrait of John Brown, radical abolitionist and leader of the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry |
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A Religious Life of John Brown Louis A. DeCaro. An artist named J. Dougherty prepared a pastel study intended for the publication of Stephen Vincent Benet's award-winning “John Brown's Body” (1928), but the sketch was apparently never ...
... religious life of John Brown/ Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. p. cm Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 0-8147-1921-X (acid-free paper) 1. Brown, John, 1800–1859. 2. Brown, John, 1800–1859—Religion. 3. Brown, John, 1800–1859 ...
A Religious Life of John Brown Louis A. DeCaro. Edwin N. Cotter Jr., who died in 2001, was personally encouraging and helpful to me. Mr. Cotter was for many years the supervisor of the John Brown Farm at Lake Placid, New York, and did in ...
A Religious Life of John Brown Louis A. DeCaro. With all the purifying and liberalizing power of the Christian religion, teaching as it does, meekness, gentleness, [and] brotherly kindness, those who profess it have not yet even ...
... religious context and personal spirituality. Though Brown's most successful biographer to date has recognized the centrality of religion in his narrative, he presents a negative interpretation of his Christianity—“the Calvinist ...
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Part III Providence and Principle | 81 |
Part IV In Times of Difficulty | 121 |
Part V Big Difficulties and Firm Footholds | 161 |
Part VI Enduring Hardness | 203 |
VII I Will Raise a Storm | 237 |
A Saints Rest | 279 |
Notes | 285 |
Selected Bibliography | 335 |
Index | 345 |
About the Author
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"Fire From the Midst of You": A Religious Life of John Brown Louis A. DeCaro Ograniczony podgląd - 2005 |