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The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom

byAbraham LincolnandH.W. Brands

The authors' The Zealot and the Emancipator investigates the john brown, abraham lincoln, and the struggle for american freedom, grounding a large subject in the people and choices that shaped it. Using biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, The Zealot and the Emancipator moves between close observation and a wider account of the systems surrounding its subject. By placing The Zealot and the Emancipator within biography & autobiography and history, the book reveals why its central tensions extend well beyond one person, place, or moment.

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

480

ISBN

9780525563457