Publisher's Synopsis
In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe, the wife of Pastor Calvin Stowe, is torn apart after the loss of their young child. After going through a period of depression, she returns to the church, where she has a vision of a dying slave and, later, meets a runaway slave who tells her his story. These experiences inspire her to write a novel about the terrible situation faced by slaves in the United States, and Uncle Tom's Cabin soon becomes one of the most read books of its time. Told in the first person by Harriet, this novel tells the story of Harriet herself and the issues she faced as a writer and a mother who experienced loss as well as the stories that helped give rise to one of the most important novels of all time, one that criticized racial oppression and segregation and championed the doctrine of Christian love.
