{"product_id":"2940169080087","title":"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eBestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in U.S. history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. Now, \u003ci\u003eMidnight Rising \u003c\/i\u003eportrays Brown's uprising in vivid color, revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrown, the descendant of New England Puritans, saw slavery as a sin against America's founding principles. Unlike most abolitionists, he was willing to take up arms, and in 1859 he prepared for battle at a hideout in Maryland, joined by his teenage daughter, three of his sons, and a guerrilla band that included former slaves and a dashing spy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn October 17, the raiders seized Harpers Ferry, stunning the nation and prompting a counterattack led by Robert E. Lee. After Brown's capture, his defiant eloquence galvanized the North and appalled the South, which considered Brown a terrorist. The raid also helped elect Abraham Lincoln, who later began to fulfill Brown's dream with the Emancipation Proclamation, a measure he called \"a John Brown raid, on a gigantic scale.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Horwitz's riveting book travels antebellum America to deliver both a taut historical drama and a telling portrait of a nation dividedamp;mdash;a time that still resonates in ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Macmillan Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116278989040,"sku":"2940169080087","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169080087_p0.jpg?v=1763671595","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169080087","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}