Harriet Beecher Stowe
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A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin is a "supplement" book published to document Harriet Beecher Stowe's bestselling book and anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. An instant classic, Uncle Tom's Cabin (which was first published in 1852) had a profound impact on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States. Stowe's novel, which was highly controversial at the time, provoked a firestorm of competing and contradictory responses among...
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Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856) is a historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Although her career peaked with the publication of abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Stowe continued to work as a professional writer throughout her life. A tale of greed, betrayal, and rebellion, Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp displays her impressive imaginative range and admirable moral outlook while illuminating aspects of early American...
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Oldtown Fireside Stories (1872) is a collection of children's stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Although her career peaked with the publication of abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Stowe continued to work as a professional writer throughout her life. These stories capture her imaginative range and moral outlook while illuminating aspects of American life that would otherwise be consigned to history. Two boys bored of provincial life ask...
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In Harriet Beecher Stowe's short story, Christmas in Poganuc, a young New England girl, Dolly, is left alone while the village gathers at the church to celebrate Christmas. This timeless holiday classic was first published in the collection, A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others, in 1895. It follows up on Harriet Beecher Stowe's earlier work Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives.
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Queer Little Folks" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands is a two-volume travel sketch of Harriet Beecher Stowe, written during her visit to Europe, in which she denotes her impressions from England, Scotland, France, Germany and few other countries. The book contains her diary entries and letters addressed to her children, her father and some other family members in which she chronicles her journey and exposes her impressions.
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"Queer little people" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our...
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Stowe was the daughter of a prominent preacher, and the sister of the famous minister Henry Ward Beecher. This 1877 anthology of original and classic Christian hymns, essays, and homilies is organized by holiday, presenting thoughts for Advent, Christmas, the Epiphany, Lent, Passion Week, Easter, and the Ascension.
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In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin, an instant classic that received overwhelming acclaim by Northerners and other abolitionist readers. Southerners, conversely, strongly denied the novel's accuracy. The following year, Stowe answered pro-slavery critics with this unique bestseller, a meticulous and thoughtful defense of her work, which cites real-life equivalents to her characters. Southern readers were further incensed by...
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The final of Stowe's society novels, We and Our Neighbors is the sequel to My Wife and I. In the book, Stowe continues the heartwarming tale of Harry and Eva Henderson and their domestic ups and downs. Lighthearted in tone, the book reveals much about Stowe's views of women and the primacy of their domestic roles.
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"The Christmas Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Illustrated" is a heartwarming collection that brings together the enchanting holiday tales of the acclaimed American author, Harriet Beecher Stowe. This anthology includes several beloved stories, including "Betty's Bright Idea," "Christmas in Poganuc," "The Second Christmas," and more.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, best known for her influential novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," showcases her talent for storytelling...
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In Harriet Beecher Stowe's How We Kept Thanksgiving at Old Town, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin recalls the Thanksgiving celebrations of her youth in New England. The description of gathering at her grandmother's house for the king and high priest of all festivals is filled with exuberance, energy and good will, and communicates the idea that we should share our prosperity with others who are less fortunate.
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Christmas is the setting of this 1876 short, heartwarming novel for children by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Young Elsie, aided and abetted by unseen "Shining Ones," conspires to earn forgiveness, charity, and redemption for John Morley, the family gardener dismissed for drinking, and his poverty-stricken family.
16) Oldtown Folks
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Oldtown Folks (1869) is a historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Although her career peaked with the publication of abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Stowe continued to work as a professional writer throughout her life. A tale of family, faith, and perseverance, Oldtown Folks displays her impressive imaginative range and admirable moral outlook while illuminating aspects of early American life that would otherwise be consigned to history....
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Published in 1868, this collection of biographical narratives of "Leading Patriots of the Day" includes chapters on Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Lloyd Garrison, Charles Sumner, Salmon P. Chase, Horace Greeley, Frederick Douglass, and William Tecumseh Sherman, among others.
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Mary Scudder and her mother live a modest life in a community known for its engagement in both religious piety and the slave trade. Their boarder is a famous Calvinist theologian who preaches against slavery. Torn between her Calvinist upbringing and her love for the skeptic James Marvyn, Mary is forced to make a decision about her future when Marvyn is reportedly lost at sea.