Fire on the Mountain

English language

Published Feb. 22, 1988 by PM Press.

OCLC Number:: 16985318

(1 review)

Fire on the Mountain is a 1988 novel by the American author Terry Bisson. It is an alternate history describing the world as it would have been had John Brown succeeded in his raid on Harper's Ferry and touched off a slave rebellion in 1859, as he intended.

1 edition

Ben Lockwood, PhD reviewed Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson

Great idea, not great execution

2 stars

It's 75% tell, 25% show. A lot of the narrative reads as more of an alternate history textbook instead of an actual story with developed characters and plot.

Subjects

American Civil War
slavery in the United States

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