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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Uncle Tom's Cabin: Life Among the Lowly

by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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About This Item

Originally published in 1852 this is a very rare third edition, second printing by Ticknor. According to Ticknor and Fields Copyright Books in the Houghton Library, Harvard University, only 700 copies of this edition were printed in 1864 from the original Jewett plates. Only one library in Woldcat has a copy of this edition.

The volume has been professionally rebound with original dark brown front cover, replaced spine with original spine glued on showing original gold lettering of title, author and publisher. Back cover is replaced. Title page has been professionally repaired with tissue but shows original title, subtitle, author, publisher and date (see photos) Interior pages are complete but show wear and occasional staining. Previous owner name on title page and related owner name on original back endpaper with notation Nevada City, Cal.

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. 

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On Mar 31 2020, a reader said:
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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Bookseller
Friends of the Libraries of Nevada County US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
12-19 1 box 6
Title
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Author
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Ticknor and Fields
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1864
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
slavery, history, civil war, American Literature, civil rights

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