The passionate Beechers : a family saga of sanctity and scandal that changed America / Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr.
"When Abraham Lincoln first met Harriet Beecher Stowe in the 1860s he greeted her by saying "So this is the little lady who started this big war"--Referring to her wildly popular and influential novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which had galvanized Northern opposition to slavery. He cou...
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Main Author: | Schreiner, Samuel Agnew. |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons,
2003.
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