John Brown Resources
Why John Brown?
Composer/librettist Kirke Mechem discusses his new opera
Musical Excerpts
*To listen to the musical excerpts from Kirke Mechem's Songs of the Slave (included in John Brown) click on the song titles below
John Brown Educational Resources
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Recommended Readings
- "Fire from the Midst of You" A Religious Life of John Brown
by Louis A. DeCaro, Jr.
Published by New York University Press, 2002
- Our Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and The Civil War Era
by Stephen B. Oats
Published by University of Massachusetts Press, 1979
- To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown
by Stephen B. Oats
Published by The University of Massachusetts Press, 1984
- Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America
by Evan Carton
Published by Free Press, 2006
