TABLE OF CONTENTS Harriet Beecher Stowe - Life Stories, Books, and Links Biographical Information Stories about Harriet Beecher Stowe Selected works by this author Selected books about / related to this author ... Recommended links BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Harriet Beecher Stowe Category: American Literature Born: June 14, 1811 Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Died: July 1, 1896 Hartford, Connecticut, United States Related authors: Frantz Fanon James Baldwin list all writers Harriet Beecher Stowe - LIFE STORIES Stowe's Cabin On this day in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published. At least one publisher turned the book down on the grounds that a novel by a woman on such a controversial subject was too risky. He must have regretted it: the novel sold 10,000 copies in the first week, 300,000 copies in a year, and became America's first million-seller. It also brought Stowe hate mail in one case, a black, human ear. top of page SELECTED WORKS BY THIS AUTHOR Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp fiction Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents upon Which the Story Is Founded, Together With Corroborative Statements ... | |
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