- Published: 29 October 2021
- ISBN: 9780525563457
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 480
- RRP: $38.00
The Zealot and the Emancipator
John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for American Freedom
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- Published: 29 October 2021
- ISBN: 9780525563457
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 480
- RRP: $38.00
"Gripping. . . . In Brown and Lincoln, [Brands] presents two perfectly imperfect heroes who act in ways that both excite and disappoint us. . . . The Zealot and the Emancipator feels particularly well timed. . . The lessons it contains about America's slow progress toward a more perfect union, even during a time of literal disunionification, are legion." --The Washington Post "A gripping account of the politics that led to Southern secession, war and the abolition of slavery." --The New York Times Book Review "[The Zealot and the Emancipator is] a tale told . . . with a momentum and a power appropriate to the subject. . . . One of the greatest, but surely the bloodiest, American stories." --The Boston Globe