Harriet Beecher Stowe: 1811-1896

As part of Pegasos, Kuunsankosken Kaupunginkirjasto of Finland presents a biographical sketch about the American author Harriet Elizabeth Stowe (1811-1896). Stowe is best-known for her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1851-1852), which she wrote in reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Some of Stowe's other works include "Sunny Memoirs of Foreign Lands" (1854), "The Minister's Wooing" (1859), "Little Foxes" (1866), and "Oldtown Folks" (1869).