Harriet Beecher Stowe A Spiritual Life |
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Author:
| Koester, Nancy |
Series title: | Library of Religious Biography Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8028-3304-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
Publisher: | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $42.99 |
Book Description:
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So you're the little woman who started this big war, Abraham Lincoln is said to have quipped when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin converted readers by the thousands to the anti-slavery movement and served notice that slavery's days were numbered. Overnight Stowe became a celebrity, but to defenders of slavery she was
So you're the little woman who started this big war, Abraham Lincoln is said to have quipped when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin converted readers by the thousands to the anti-slavery movement and served notice that slavery's days were numbered. Overnight Stowe became a celebrity, but to defenders of slavery she was