John Brown's Body vs The Crisis: Which Should You Read?

John Brown's Body Stephen Vincent Benét · 1927 392 pages · ≈ 7 h 16 m · Challenging

“AMERICAN muse, whose strong and diverse heart”

John Brown's Body is an American epic poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét in 1928. The poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October…

The Crisis Winston Churchill · 1901 ★★★★☆ 3.8 561 pages · ≈ 10 h 23 m · Challenging

"The novel is set in the years leading up to the first battles of the U.S. Civil War, mostly in the divided state of Missouri. It follows the fortunes of young Stephen Brice, a man with Union and abolitionist…