Owen Brown is the last surviving son of America's most famous political terrorist, John Brown, who in 1859 raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, intending to galvanise the Southern slaves into rebellion. Now Owen tells John's story.
This incredible novel recreates pre-Civil War America, when slavery was tearing the country apart, and tells of one man's passage from abolitionist to guerrilla fighter and, finally, martyr. Cloudsplitteris a dazzling, suspenseful, heartbreaking story filled with both intimate scenes of domestic life and chilling violence.
| ISBN: | 9780747585305 |
| Publication date: | 20th November 2006 |
| Author: | Russell Banks |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 671 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Owen Brown is the last surviving son of America's most famous political terrorist, John Brown, who in 1859 raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, intending to galvanise the Southern slaves into rebellion. Now Owen tells John's story.This incredible novel recreates pre-Civil War America, when slavery was tearing the country apart, and tells of one man's passage from abolitionist to guerrilla fighter and, finally, martyr.
Cloudsplitter features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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Cloudsplitter was written by Russell Banks and published by Bloomsbury
Cloudsplitter has 671 pages
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