John Brown's Women

As the United States wrestles with its besetting sin-slavery-abolitionist John Brown is growing tired of talk. He takes actions that will propel the nation toward civil war and thrust three courageous women into history.Wealthy Brown married to John Browns oldest son eagerly falls in with her husbands plan to settle in Kansas. Amid clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers Wealthys adventure turns into madness mayhem and murder.Fifteen-year-old Annie Brown is thrilled when her father summons her to the farm he has rented in preparation for his raid. There she guards her fathers secrets while risking her heart.Mary Brown never expected to be the wife of John Brown much less the wife of a martyr. When her husbands daring plan fails Mary must travel into hostile territory where she finds the eyes of the nation riveted upon John-and upon her.Spanning three decades John Browns Women is a tale of love and sacrifice and of the ongoing struggle for America to achieve its promise of liberty and justice for all.