Dr. Charles Poland has taught history for more than five decades, touching the lives of thousands of students and community members in Northern Virginia. A scholar of the American Civil War, he is the creator of a mobile Civil War Museum with hundreds of artifacts and documents that he toured to public schools across the region.
"""This is an interesting and thought provoking read, which is accordingly recommended. It would make an interesting, but uncomfortable, wargame.""-- ""Miniature Wargames"" ""...a good book on a still controversial subject.""-- ""The NYMAS Review"" ""Poland's account is enhanced by the skill with which he introduces Brown's followers, whose commitment to their cause was clearly amplified by Brown's charisma. The stories of their roles in the planning and execution of the raid make the descriptions of their fates read like first-rate fiction, some enduring incredible hardship to escape Brown's fate, others sharing it on the gallows.""-- ""Patrick Reed, Emeritus Professor of History, Northern Virginia Community College"" ""America's Good Terrorist is both captivating and rewarding--and a meticulous narrative of Harpers Ferry. It is excellent as history and quite appealing as biography.""-- ""HistoryNet"""