HARRIET ELIZABETH STOWE (BEECHER)
\hˈaɹi͡ət ɪlˈɪzəbəθ stˈə͡ʊ bˈiːt͡ʃə], \hˈaɹiət ɪlˈɪzəbəθ stˈəʊ bˈiːtʃə], \h_ˈa_ɹ_iə_t ɪ_l_ˈɪ_z_ə_b_ə_θ s_t_ˈəʊ__ b_ˈiː_tʃ_ə]\
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An American novelist; born at Litchfield, Conn., June 14, 1811; died at Hartford, Conn., July 1, 1896. She published: "The Mayflower; or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters among the Descendants of the Pilgrims" (1843); "Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly" (1852); "The Two Altars" (1852); "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1853); "Uncle Tom's Emancipation" (1853); "Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands" (1854); "The Mayflower, and Miscellaneous Writings" (1855); "The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution" (1855); "First Geography for Children" (1855); "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" (1856); "Earthly Care a Heavenly Discipline" (1856), formerly published with "Uncle Tom's Emancipation"; "Our Charley and What to Do with Him" (1858); "The Minister's Wooing" (1859); "The Pearl of Orr's Island" (1862); "Agnes of Sorrento" (1862); "Reply to the Address of Thousands of Women of Great Britain and Ireland to their Sisters of the United States" (1863); "The Ravages of a Carpet" (1864); "House and Home Papers" (1864); "Stories about our Boys" (1865); "Little Foxes" (1866); "Religious Poems" (1867); "Queer Little People" (1867); "Daisy's First Winter, and Other Stories" (1867); "The Chimney Corner" (1868); "Men of our Times" (1868); "Oldtown Folks" (1869); "The American Woman's Home" (1869), with Catherine E. Beecher; "Lady Byron Vindicated" (1870); "Little Pussy Willow" (1870); "Pink and White Tyranny" (1871); "Sam Lawson's Fireside Stories" (1871); "My Wife and I" (1871); "Six of One, by Half a Dozen of the Other" (1872); "Lives and Deeds of our Self-Made Men" (1872); "Palmetto Leaves" (1873); "Woman in Sacred History" (1873); "Betty's Bright Idea, and Other Tales" (1875); "We and our Neighbors" (1875); "Deacon Pitkin's Farm, and Christ's Christmas Presents" (1875); "Footsteps of the Master" (1876); "Captain Kidd's Money, and Other Stories" (1876); "The Ghost in the Mill, and Other Stories" (1876); "Poganuc People" (1878); "A Dog's Mission" (1881); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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