Twelve Years a Slave & Uncle Tom's Cabin, Twin E-Box Set (Illustrated)
Solomon Northup, Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Published back-to-back in the early 1850s (Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852; Twelve Years in 1853), the two books were a one-two Protestant punch against the thriving evil that was then American slavery. As a religious novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin exposes the immorality and brutality of the “peculiar institution,” and is one of history's all-time bestsellers. Twelve Years a Slave follows with a searing, true-life memoir that confirms in bitter detail the not-so-fictional Uncle Tom's Cabin. (In 2014, a movie version of Twelve Years a Slave won the Academy Award Oscar for Best Picture.)
In the 1850s, the two books turned the tide of public opinion. An antislavery movement swept the American North from coast-to-coast. Among the converts was the then little-known country-lawyer, Abraham Lincoln. He joined the antislavery cause in 1854, two years after Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared, and only one year after Twelve Years a Slave. In his legendary underdog drive for the White House, Mr. Lincoln repeated themes from both books. He warned of slavery's threat to the survival of the American nation, while also appealing for Christian forgiveness.
Yet, by the time Mr. Lincoln appeared on the national stage, it was already too late to alter destiny. Both Twelve Years a Slave and Uncle Tom's Cabin speak of a righteous God, who would inevitably deliver divine justice—nine years before the American Civil War. Over 600,000 Americans would perish in still the bloodiest conflict in the nation's history.
This TWIN E-BOX SET edition by Boston Hill Press is a Classic Quality E-book and features:
-historic engravings in color or black ink (grayscale)*
-historically authentic text
-concise modern notes summarizing each book
-superior formatting for improved readability
-”point & click” tables of contents, including a master table, plus separate chapter listings for each book.
-full Kindle navigation, e.g., word search, “go to”, etc.,
Twelve Years a Slave is now also a major motion picture by Fox Searchlight Films, and won the Oscar Award for Best Picture at the Academy Awards in March 2014. Boston Hill Press is a premier publisher of quality books in history, including the acclaimed VOTE LINCOLN, THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BIOGRAPHY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1860.
What reviewers say about Twelve Years a Slave, either the book and/or movie:
“powerfully moving” --National Public Radio (NPR)
“a story that seizes you almost immediately with visceral force. ... an exceptional historical witness” --New York Times
“ ... one of the most important texts of the abolitionist movement, published just eight years before the outbreak of the Civil War. ... The film version – not unlike “Roots” in 1977 – is nothing short of an essential account of the American experience." --North Country Public Radio, Upstate New York, the former home region of Solomon Northup
What people have said about Uncle Tom's Cabin:
"led millions of people to believe that in the Slave States ...was a monstrous wrong"--Carl Sandburg, Pultizer Prize Historian
"the book that made this great war.
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