tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post4371191374871423298..comments2024-02-08T23:48:48.397-05:00Comments on <p><big>JOHN BROWN TODAY</big></p><p><i><center>A Biographer's Blog</center></i></p>: Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/10895195726778019518noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-60496256008432061852020-10-14T18:56:40.688-04:002020-10-14T18:56:40.688-04:00Thanks for your comments David. For some reason, h...Thanks for your comments David. For some reason, however, it is not under Marty Brown's comments, but rather under a 2014 post. For the record, the plan for the raid was not conceived at the John Brown farm. Brown moved there relatively late, in May 1855. He had a plan for years, but the part about seizing the armory in HF was probably conceived in 1856, when he was out in Kansas. The late Tony Horwitz's book presented a fair treatment, but has been notably criticized in reviews by Brown biographer, David Reynolds. In my latest book about Shields Green, I also spend some time evaluating Midnight Rising. Regards--LDLouis A. DeCaro, Jr. . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/10895195726778019518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-24577796366021871582020-10-14T17:19:07.385-04:002020-10-14T17:19:07.385-04:00Responding to ms. Marty browns comment in the new ...Responding to ms. Marty browns comment in the new yorker magazine regarding James mcbrides "Good Lord Bird" presenention as to her kin John Brown.<br />As well the grotesque portrayal in the movie Santa Fe Trail.<br /> Both book and film I have read and seen.<br />Tony Hurwitz'z " Midnight Rising" is a fine presentation of John brown his life and sacrifice at Harpers Ferry.<br />I have visited Browns farm; vicinity of Lake Placid, N.Y. where the planning for Harpers Ferry was conceived and where he; his 2 sons and 21 conspirator are I interred.<br />David bogaiskygreaatdave 2009https://www.blogger.com/profile/09546615756431536192noreply@blogger.com