Neither Hero Nor Terrorist, or Maybe Both

"When pressed to characterize Brown as an American hero or an American terrorist, Horwitz refused. 'He was neither,' he said. 'Or both. He was a complicated man.'"

The Washington Post Arts Blog covered Tony Horwitz's book release party last Saturday for Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War (2011). More.

Horwitz speaks tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 17, at the New York State Museum downtown.