The Old Man

* marketing to museums and historical societies interested in abolitionist history * direct mail to black studies and civil war era historians * display at OAH and AHA conferences

The classic historical biography reissued for the 150th anniversary of John Brown's celebrated uprising against slavery.Nelson explodes the conventional dismissal of John Brown as a fanatic, presenting him as a revolutionary who, at the cost of his own life, helped bring an end to slavery. A classic historical novel reissued for the 150th anniversary of Brown's celebrated uprising against slavery.