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John Brown's Body

by Stephen Vincent, Benet, Stephen Vincent Benét

1927 518 pages eng

*John Brown's Body* is an American epic poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét in 1928. The poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. Benét's poem covers the history of the American Civil War. It won the Puli…

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