Gravitas Personae: A Graveyard in American History

by:

M. Brian King (Author)

ISBN: 0-7414-5144-1 ©2009
Price: $12.95
Book Size: 5.5'' x 8.5'' , 165 pages
Category/Subject: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

In his work Gravitas Personae: A Graveyard in American History, M. Brian King through looking at selected plots in Harpers Cemetery, attempts to show just how Harpers Ferry is a microcosm of American history.

Abstract:
The history of Harpers Ferry West Virginia as seen in the natural history of humans, further broken down into industrial process, transportation, John Brown, Civil War and the struggle for Civil Rights offers a microcosm of American history. Seen in the Harpers Cemetery are the last physical markers of the people who made the town a key part of the history of the nation as a whole.

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