The subject matter
The man
Kansas, a crisis in our national history
His public services
Robbery and murder on the Pottawatomie
Black Jack
Osawatomie
Hypocrisy
A soldier of fortune
The provisional government
The Shubel Morgan plunder company
Mobilizing the provisional army
The fiasco
A perversion of history
His great adventure
A soldier of the cross
"Yet shall he live"
Appendices: Correspondence with the late D.W. Wilder concerning John Brown
Recollections of John Brown at Harper's Ferry by Alexander Boteler, a Virginian who witnessed the fight
Constitution and ordinance for the People of the United States
John Brown's autobiography.