Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe, a prolific writer best remembered today for Uncle Tom's Cabin, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on June 14, 1811, into a prominent New England family. First serialized in The National Era, an abolitionist paper, in 40 weekly installments between June 5, 1851, and April 1, 1852, and published as a book on March 20, 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin was an enormous success. Tolstoy deemed it a great work of literature "flowing from love of God and man," and within a year the book had sold more than 300,000 copies. When Abraham Lincoln met her at the White House in 1862, he allegedly remarked: "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!" She died in Hartford, Connecticut, on July 1,…
The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle
Ulysses S. Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Stephen Crane, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe Introduction by Jane Smiley
The Minister's Wooing
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe; Edited with an Introduction by Ann Douglas
