Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers by Jean Fritz

Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers by Jean Fritz

Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family in which her seven brothers were expected to be successful preachers and the four girls were never to speak in public. But slavery made Harriet so angry she couldn't keep quiet. Although she used a pen rather than her voice to convince people of the evils of slavery, she became more famous than any of her brothers. She firmly believed that words could make change, and by writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe hastened the Civil War and changed the course of America history. Readable and engrossing. -- The Horn BooknFritz writes with verve and wit.Many kids will be stimulated to go on from here to find out more. -- Booklist (boxed review)

On November 16, 1915, acclaimed biographer Jean Fritz was born in China to American missionaries. She developed a lifelong interest in American history as a result of her time there, which lasted until she was almost thirteen years old. Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book and National Book Award winner, is about her youth in China. Fritz wrote forty-five books for children and teenagers. Many of them are about historical American characters, earning her a reputation as the leading author of children's and young adult biographies.

Fritz has also received the National Humanities Medal, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award, among other honors. Several ALA Notable Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and ALA Booklist Editors' Choice Awards have been won, including the Christopher Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Award, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and numerous ALA Notable Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and ALA Booklist Editors' Choice Awards. On May 14, 2017, she passed away.

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ISBN 13	9780698116603
ISBN 10	0698116607
Title	Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers
Author	Jean Fritz
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	1998-11-23
Number of pages	144
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