David Reynolds: "John Brown, Abolitionist" (Knopf)

David Reynolds: "John Brown, Abolitionist" (Knopf)

A distinguished professor of English and American Studies takes a look at the life of the controversial Abolitionist who used terror tactics against slavery and changed the course of American history.

A distinguished professor of English and American Studies takes a look at the life of the controversial Abolitionist who used terror tactics against slavery and changed the course of American history.

Guests

David Reynolds

professor at the Graduate Center and Baruch College of the City University of New York and author of "Walt Whitman's America," "Beneath the American Renaissance," "Whitman," "George Lippard," and "Faith in Fiction."

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