Author

Publication

1998-02-17 - Alfred A. Knopf Canada, Toronto, Canada

Language

English

Word Count

189,500 words, Guess

Page Count

758 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100676971156
  • ISBN-139780676971156
  • Goodreads1829835
  • LibraryThing35274
  • OCLC Control Number37983111
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3552 A49 C56 1998

Description

From book jacket: Narrated by the enigmatic Owen Brown, last surviving son of America's most famous and still controversial political terrorist and martyr, John Brown. Deeply researched, brilliantly plotted, and peopled with a cast of unforgettable characters both historical and wholly invented, **Cloudsplitter** vividly re-creates the antislavery movement of the 1840s and traces it through the brutal guerrilla warfare of Bloody Kansas, culminating in the a haunting, powerful re-creation of Brown's insurrectionary raid on Harpers Ferry.

First Sentence

Upon waking this cold, gray morning from a troubled sleep, I realized for the hundredth time, but this time with deep conviction, that my words and behavior towards you were disrespectful, and rude and selfish as well.

Subjects

Genres

  • Historical fiction

Other Editions

  • CloudsplitterHardcoverAlfred A. Knopf Canada1998-02-17

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