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Tony Horwitz, the author of the Novel “Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War”, was born in Washington D.C. and graduated from Brown University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Horwitz was an award winning national reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where he covered foreign wars and conflicts. He has won countless awards for his books, including “Midnight Rising”, which was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2011 and won the 2012…

Viking raids, trade and slavery have all contributed to affect Europe in different manners. The Vikings developed Europe through raids, created a great trading economy, and spread different cultures through Europe with slavery. Although Viking raids did have several negative effects, Viking raids also aided in the development of Europe. A monk who saw the Vikings' attack on Paris in 885 described it is a very brutal raid and a letter by an English scholar,…

Midnight Rising: John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War is written by Tony Horwitz: a bestselling author and journalist who has taken the time to tell an essential American story. The book covers the events surrounding the raid on Harpers Ferry and the complex character of John Brown. Horwitz thesis explains that the raid on Harpers Ferry is the spark that lit the fire of secession and Civil War. John Brown grew as a descendent of Puritans and soldiers from the Revolutionary War, and…

The Viking Age is known as the period that existed from the late 8th century through the mid-11th century. It is the historical era that recognizes the birth of the vicious Vikings of Scandinavia, and their overseas and river conquests and raids throughout Western Europe. Now, extensive historical research along with important, yet limited, archaeological evidence has resulted in the emergence of various hypotheses explaining what may have caused, or rather, contributed to the Viking Age,…

moments prior to the war could have prevented slavery but it didn’t happen because these two sides could never agree. There is one specific moment prior to the war that really started the Civil War. At the moment there was no going back. John Brown’s Raid. You probably have never even heard of John Brown. Who is John Brown? Well, John Brown stood up against slavery. Before this moment, the North and the South were trying to settle it out but it would never…

discusses how “the citizens are getting less sleep than usual … but morning finds them streaming into factory and office much as usual, and certainly still cheerful.” While this may be true from some British citizens who were impacted by the German air raids that were particularly brutal during the first stages of The Blitz, as diaries from the Mass Observation show, not all British citizens were cheerful in response to the bombing of their respective cities. A diarist by the name of J.…

Saga described on page 94. The Viking sagas were stories based on all different events that were important in Viking history. An example is one about Lief Erikson where he travels to modern day Canada. This viking saga describes the discovery and settlement of Canada where the vikings had stayed for a little while. The saga clearly shows the events of the journey to Canada and the way they had found the land. The viking settlement described is considered to be the earliest european to get to the…

advance in the game, one must visit PokéStops. These PokéStops are typically landmarks and historical markers, some which may even be hidden in one’s own neighborhood. After one reaches level 5 in the game one can pick a team and participate in gyms and raids. Just like the PokéStops, the gyms are typically landmarks and historical markers. PokéStops and gyms were adapted for Portals in the company’s older game Ingress m Teachers on the other hand look at the benefits of Pokémon Go as it…

Charlie Rabbit by Garth Nix is a short story that concentrates on the main characters’ story of them escaping an air raid. The story relates to Charlie rabbit which is an American war fiction rabbit that is about a war zone. The story also relates to the author as the author of the book works as a part-time soldier at Australian Army Reserve, however the author is a full time writer since 2001, he has previously worked as a literacy agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book…

Yesterday night, a Navy Seal raid in Pakistan began with one goal, find Bin Laden. As the seal team reached the compound Osama supposedly in, they discovered that there was some defense on the building. According to CNN.com, the compound was surrounded by 12-18 foot walls that had barbed surrounding the top and had two security gates. Once the Navy Seals entered the compound, they searched the building. Ex-Navy Seal Rob O’Neill was the man that shot and killed Osama Bin Laden that night.…