John Brown
Books about John Brown
in order of publication date
(books I consider most important in bold)
| Title | Author | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Public Life of Capt. John Brown | James Redpath | 1860 |
| The Life and Letters of John Brown | edited by F.B. Sanborn | 1885 |
| John Brown | Hermann E. von Holst | 1888 |
| John Brown and His Men | Richard J. Hinton | 1894 |
| John Brown | Joseph E. Chamberlin | 1899 |
| John Brown, the Hero | Jonathan W. Winkley | 1905 |
| John Brown | W.E.B. Du Bois | 1909 |
| John Brown | Oswald Garrison Villard | 1910 |
| John Brown, Soldier of Fortune | Hill Peebles Wilson | 1913 |
| John Brown, the Making of a Martyr | Robert Penn Warren | 1929 |
| John Brown and the Legend of Fifty-six | James C. Malin | 1942 |
| Fair Trial | Richard B. Morris | 1952 |
| “John Brown’s Private War” in America in Crisis | C. Vann Woodward | 1952 |
| A John Brown Reader | Louis Ruchames | 1959 |
| Man on Fire | Jules Abel | 1971 |
| The Legend of John Brown | Richard O. Boyer | 1973 |
| The Old Man: John Brown at Harper’s Ferry | Truman Nelson | 1973 |
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To Purge This Land With Blood: A Biography of John Brown |
Stephen B. Oates | 1970 |
| John Brown’s Journey: Notes & Reflections on His America & Mine | Albert Fried | 1978 |
| His Soul Goes Marching On: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid | edited by Paul Finkelman | 1995 |
