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The Strange Story of Harper’s Ferry

by Joseph Barry

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Barry, who lived through much of what he describes, tells the history of Harper’s Ferry from its founding and the federal armory to John Brown’s raid of 1859 and the town’s repeated capture during the Civil War, and adds local legends such as the Wizard Clip and the Enchanter’s Wheel.

An idiosyncratic local history, valuable for its first-hand view of 1859. Download the free EPUB.

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