Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly (Annotated)

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxix]-xxxi).; Labeled racist and condescending by some contemporary critics, this novel remains a shocking, controversial, and powerful work that exposes the attitudes of white 19th century society toward the institution of slavery.; Description based on print version record.; EBSCO complete collection. Publisher Marketing: Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, and "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War" Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century . It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. The impact attributed to the book is great, reinforced by a story that when Abraham Lincoln met Stowe at the start of the Civil War, Lincoln declared, "So this is the little lady who started this great war."The quote is apocryphal; it did not appear in print until 1896, and it has been argued that "The long-term durability of Lincoln's greeting as an anecdote in literary studies and Stowe scholarship can perhaps be explained in part by the desire among many contemporary intellectuals ... to affirm the role of literature as an agent of social changePublisher Marketing: The first American novel to sell over a million copies. By calling attention to the issue of slavery, it has become a part of our country's literary and historical heritage. Review Citations: Ingram Advance 08/01/2005 pg. 66 (EAN 9780486440286, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 630 (EAN 9780679443650, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2000 pg. 630 (EAN 9780679443650, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 898 (EAN 9780679443650, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 891 (EAN 9780679443650, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 1067 (EAN 9780679443650, Hardcover) School Library Journal 02/01/2000 (EAN 9789626341759, Compact Disc) Publishers Weekly 09/29/2014 (EAN 9781629234984, Compact Disc) Choice 03/01/2012 (EAN 9780199841431, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Stowe, Harriet Beecher Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) published her first book, The Mayflower, in 1843. In 1852 she published her bestselling classic, Uncle Toma (TM)s Cabin, the first novel to criticize the institution of slavery. She lectured and wrote for twenty-five years.