A review by moogen
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz

2.0

Unbelievable... Tony Horwitz has written a book that bored me. That's not the same as writing a boring book. Students of antebellum America will love it. It was beautifully written and meticulously researched. But it wasn't what I signed up for. Tony Horwitz is the master of the historical travelogue. "Blue Latitudes" & "Confederates in the Attic" are wonderful reads... so engaging that the subject matter is irrelevant. But take away Horwitz's jokes and wide eyed wonder... and all that's left is a well written book about a speck of US history that means nothing to his admirers on the other side of the Pacific.