Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America

Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America - Paperback

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Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America - Paperback

Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America - Paperback

by David S. Reynolds
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by David S. Reynolds (Author)

In this wide-ranging, brilliantly researched work, David S. Reynolds traces the factors that made Uncle Tom's Cabin the most influential novel ever written by an American. Upon its 1852 publication, the novel's vivid depiction of slavery polarized its American readership, ultimately widening the rift that led to the Civil War. Reynolds also charts the novel's afterlife--including its adaptation into plays, films, and consumer goods--revealing its lasting impact on American entertainment, advertising, and race relations.



Number of Pages: 368
Dimensions: 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: June 11, 2012
ISBN9780393342352
Author David S. Reynolds
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
GenreHistory and Literature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2012
LanguageENG- English
Pages368
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About David S. Reynolds

David S. Reynolds is Distinguished Professor of English and American Studies at the Graduate Center and Baruch College of the City University of New York. He received his B.A. from Amherst College and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught at Rutgers University, New York University, Barnard College, and Northwestern University. His Walt Whitman's America won the Bancroft Prize, the Ambassador Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Beneath the American Renaissance won Phi Beta Kappa's Christian Gauss.

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