Harriet Beecher Stowe: Author and AdvocateA biography profiling the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the American author who, in writing Uncle Tom's cabin, revealed the cruelties of slavery and further split an already divided country. Includes source notes and timeline. |
Contents
FIGHTING INJUSTICE | 9 |
TEACHER WRITER AND MOTHER | 23 |
UNCLE TOMS CABIN | 37 |
ACCLAIM IN EUROPE | 59 |
REBUILDING THE SOUTH | 85 |
LIFE AT A GLANCE | 102 |
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