Download or read book To Purge this Land with Blood written by Stephen B. Oates and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1970 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred thirty-five years after his epochal Harpers Ferry raid to free the slaves, John Brown is still one of the most controversial figures in American history. In 1970, Stephen B. Oates wrote what has come to be recognized as the definitive biography of Brown, a balanced assessment that captures the man in all his complexity. The book is now back in print in an updated edition with a new prologue by the author.