A triumph of the imagination and a masterpiece of modern storytelling, is narrated by the enigmatic owen brown, last surviving son Of America's most famous and still controversial political terrorist and martyr, john bro...A triumph of the imagination and a masterpiece of modern storytelling, is narrated by the enigmatic owen brown, last surviving son Of America's most famous and still controversial political terrorist and martyr, john brown. Deeply researched, brilliantly plotted, and peopled with a cast of unforgettable characters both historical fiction and wholly invented, is dazzling in its re-creation of the political and social landscape of our history during the years before the civil war, when slavery was tearing the country apart.