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Brown, George W. (1820-1915) Reminiscences of Old John Brown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.213 Author/Creator: Brown, George W. (1820-1915) Place Written: Rockford, Illinois Type: Pamphlet Date: 1880 Pagination: 82 p. ; 22 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

An account of John Brown's time in Kansas, based largely on George W. Brown's recollections. Title page states "The Truth at Last. History Corrected...Thrilling Incidents of Border Life in Kansas." Attempts to be fair, "neither am i laboring to make my hero a monster of iniquity or a saint." Also includes some correspondence regarding John Brown. The back cover is lost. George W. Brown was the editor of the Kansas free state newspaper Herald of Freedom, which was the organ of the New England Emigrant Aid Company.

George W. Brown was the editor of the Kansas free state newspaper Herald of Freedom, which was the organ of the New England Emigrant Aid Company.

Brown, George Washington, 1820-1915

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