Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Picture of Slave Life in America
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -/none
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, United States
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About This Item
Stowe's classic abolitionist tale of slavery in nineteenth century America. Boards are moderately to heavily soiled. Hinge is slightly cracked but very much intact. Pages are clean without foxing or staining. Owner's name delicately inscribed on FFEP with a date that looks like '06. Book dates to just around 1900. Includes author preface. Two pages of publisher's advertisements for the, "Evening Hour Library" of which this is volume # 28.
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Synopsis
In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe, the title character Uncle Tom is a long-suffering slave, loyal to both his faith and his master. Presented with an opportunity to escape, he instead chooses to remain in slavery to avoid embarrassing his master. After being sold to a slave trader, Tom suffers brutal treatment and is eventually beaten to death for his refusal to betray his friends — made to represent an ideal of true Christianity. Enormously popular (it was the best-selling novel of the 19th century) and influential, it’s publication in 1852 was instrumental in bringing visibility to the cruel reality of slavery. In more recent years, it has come under considerable criticism for its portrayal of meekness and subservience and the phrase “Uncle Tom” is sometimes used as an epithet for someone seen as overly subservient.
Reviews
Excellent book to gain empathy and insight into the enslaved pathos, struggle and plight! This book presents well designed ideas to ennoble and elivate the human race as brothers, and sisters of a common God, and Father of us all.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Puddleby Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78
- Title
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece by Alexander Rhind
- Format/Binding
- Red cloth with gilt titles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Evening Hour Library
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- no date, circa 1900
- Pages
- 380
- Size
- 5 1/2 x 7 3/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- slavery, U.S. History, abolitionists, African-American history
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.