Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. . .
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Introduction | is a retired seminary professor living in New York City. Quite without intending to do so, Lou has become the most prolific John Brown biographer in 150 years. His most recent publication is The Untold Story of Shields Green: The Life and Death of a Harper's Ferry Raider (NYU Press, 2020). He has also published Freedom's Dawn: The Last Days of John Brown in Virginia, is the first full length narrative of the abolitionist's last days, with its companion, John Brown Speaks: Letters and Statements from Charlestown(Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). Lou's "Fire from the Midst of You": A Religious Life of John Brown(NYU Press, 2002), was the first full length bio of Brown in the 21st century. In 2007, he published a corrective monograph, John Brown--the Cost of Freedom (International Publishers). He has also produced two essay collections, John Brown: The Man Who Lived, in honor of the sesquicentennial of the Harper's Ferry raid (Lulu, 2009), and John Brown, Emancipator (Lulu, 2012). He has also contributed chapters and reviews for scholarly books and journals. |