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Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America
W. W. Norton
June 2011
On Sale: June 13, 2011
351 pages
ISBN: 039308132X
EAN: 9780393081329
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
A fascinating look at the cultural roots, political impact,
and enduring legacy of Harriet Beecher Stowe's revolutionary
bestseller.
Uncle Tom's Cabin is likely the most influential novel ever
written by an American. In a fitting tribute to the two
hundredth anniversary of Harriet Beecher Stowe's birth,
Bancroft Prize-winning historian David S. Reynolds reveals
her book's impact not only on the abolitionist movement and
the American Civil War but also on worldwide events,
including the end of serfdom in Russia, down to its
influence in the twentieth century. He explores how both
Stowe's background as the daughter in a famously
intellectual family of preachers and her religious visions
were fundamental to the novel. And he demonstrates why the
book was beloved by millions—and won over even some
southerners—while fueling lasting conflicts over the meaning
of America. Although vilified over the years as often as
praised, it has remained a cultural landmark, proliferating
in the form of plays, songs, films, and merchandise—a rich
legacy that has both fed and contested American racial
stereotypes. 41 black-and-white illustrations
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