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    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, 1896. Perhaps Mrs. Stowe's achievement was best summed up by abolitionist Frederick Douglass who said: "Hers was the word for the hour."
    The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle
    The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle
    Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln
    Ulysses S. Grant , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Stephen Crane , Jefferson Davis , Abraham Lincoln
    9780812984491
    Ebook
    Jun 11, 2012
    Modern Library
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    9780451530806
    $6.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Feb 05, 2008
    Signet
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    or, Life among the Lowly
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    9780375756931
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 09, 2001
    Modern Library
    Grades 6-12 + AP/IB
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Or, Life Among the Lowly
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    9780140390032
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Jun 25, 1981
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Books

    The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle
    The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle
    Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln
    Ulysses S. Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Stephen Crane, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln
    9780812984491
    $3.99 US
    Ebook
    Jun 11, 2012
    Modern Library
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    9780451530806
    $6.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Feb 05, 2008
    Signet
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    or, Life among the Lowly
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    9780375756931
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 09, 2001
    Modern Library
    Grades 6-12 + AP/IB
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Or, Life Among the Lowly
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    9780140390032
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Jun 25, 1981
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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