“Harriet Beecher Stowe thought Uncle Tom's Cabin was written through her by Another Hand, so little did she know what was going to happen from moment to moment in the book. She herself was amazed at what she was writing.” KnowsWritingLittlesBookMomentsHandsHappensWrittenTomsAmazedUnclesCabinsUncle Tom Book:For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners Source: For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners
“Harriet Beecher Stowe was thirty-nine when she began Uncle Tom's Cabin. She had given birth to seven children and seen one die. She wrote her book to be serialized in an abolitionist newspaper. Much of it she composed on the kitchen table in between the cooking, mending, tending to her house.” ChildrenBookDiesHouseGivenBirthTablesCookingSevenNewspapersNineThirtyKitchenTomsUnclesCabinsAbolitionistKitchen TableMendingUncle Tom Author:Sophy Burnham
