Cloudsplitter, a novel, Russell Banks
Type
Label
Cloudsplitter, a novel, Russell Banks
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Cloudsplitter
Oclc number
37024178
Responsibility statement
Russell Banks
Sub title
a novel
Summary
A novel on John Brown, the slavery abolitionist, narrated by one of his 20 children. The narrator is his son Owen, who fought at his father's side and he tells the story in a series of letters to a biographer. Owen describes his father as a loving family man and provides insight into Brown's motives for becoming an abolitionist, including business failures