Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
John Brown's Spy: The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook

John Brown's Spy: The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook

Lubet, Steven

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralHistorical Figures19th Century United States History

ISBN10: 0300180497
ISBN13: 9780300180497
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Nov 13 2012
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.39
Height: 1.09 Width: 6.43 Depth: 9.60
Language: English
Awards: Society of Midland Authors Award

The first full investigation of John Brown's trusted co-conspirator and his betrayal of the doomed Harper's Ferry raiders

John Brown's Spy tells the nearly unknown story of John E. Cook, the person John Brown trusted most with the details of his plans to capture the Harper's Ferry armory in 1859. Cook was a poet, a marksman, a boaster, a dandy, a fighter, and a womanizer--as well as a spy. In a life of only thirty years, he studied law in Connecticut, fought border ruffians in Kansas, served as an abolitionist mole in Virginia, took white hostages during the Harper's Ferry raid, and almost escaped to freedom. For ten days after the infamous raid, he was the most hunted man in America with a staggering $1,000 bounty on his head.

Also in

Historical Figures

View All