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Raising Holy Hell (Paperback)

by Bruce Olds (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Quartet Books; New edition edition (1 April 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0704380641
  • ISBN-13: 978-0704380646
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,120,916 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant debut; roll on more 'treatments' Mr Olds, 30 Oct 2002
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This is a 'faction' composed around the historical figure, John Brown, whose passionate anti-slavery stance precipitates the onset of the American Civil War. The author skillfully pushes the boundaries of the novel genre with his deft use of multiple narratives, historical evidence and extracts from presidential speeches and newspapers of the day. More than an imagined portrait of a disturbed extremist, this novel asks questions of us all: how far would you go for what you beleive in? It is filled with tension, humour, love, hatred, betrayal to name a few of the passions that suffuse Olds' narative. If I were a pedagogue in the USA today, I'd make this novel compulsory reading and my students would thank me for it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A very important book, 9 April 2006
By Scott Krieger (Peacedale, RI United States) - See all my reviews
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In Raising Holy Hell, his novel about John Brown, Bruce Olds makes the reader ask: How should a person act if directly faced with the inhuman system of slavery that brutalised and killed millions? And, more uncomfortably, could extreme individual violence as exemplified by John Brown's actions be justified in seeking to hasten the end of slavery years before the advent of the American civil war? While vividly imagining through diary entries and historical documents the personality of John Brown and his impact on those who knew him, as a reader who just happened to stumble on this remarkable book I am most grateful to Mr. Olds for bringing into focus and making real the myriad repercussions that slavery had on our society and the individuals it affected. He does justice to real people whom he lets speak to us through his novel (apart, perhaps, from his portrait of Abraham Lincoln), including, among others, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. Perhaps most shocking are the inclusion of statements by judges and various "founding fathers" of the USA in support of slavery. Highly recommended for anyone interested in these human questions or this historical period. A remarkable book that also causes the reader to reevaluate their own response to present-day issues which are even now costing the lives of thousands.
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