Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Library of America Paperback Classic Contributor(s): Stowe, Harriet Beecher (Author), McPherson, James M. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1598530860 ISBN-13: 9781598530865 Publisher: Library of America OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2010927102 |
Lexile Measure: 1050 |
Series: Library of America |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5" W x 7.9" (1.10 lbs) 544 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 16725 Reading Level: 9.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 32.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The most powerful and enduring work of art ever written about American slavery. -Alfred Kazin When Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862, he greeted her as the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war. He was exaggerating only slightly. First published in 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin sold more than 300,000 copies in its first year and brought home the evils of slavery more dramatically than any abolitionist tract possibly could. With its boldly drawn characters, violent reversals of fortune, and unabashed sentimentality, Stowe's work remains one of the great polemical novels of American literature, a book with the emotional impact of a round of cannon fire. |