About the Author

Janet Kemper Beck teaches English at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, and is a member of the Thoreau Society and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society.

Reviews

"well-researched...logical, coherent and solid"--Civil War News; "a worthwhile introduction to Brown's life"--The Journal of Southern History; "excellent achievement"--Oxford Journal; "significant contributions to our understanding of John Brown"--The Annuals of Iowa.