Uncle Tom (82)

"Do the worst you can, my troubles'll be over soon;
but, if ye don't repent, yours won't never end."

The following books will introduce you to Uncle Tom, who said these words in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. To order a book, or for more information, follow the book title links to Amazon.com, then return home to browse other characters.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin (Elizabeth Ammons, Ed.). New York: Norton, 1994.
- This is the authoritative Norton Critical Edition which includes background and commentary by many critics, as well as the original illustrations for this 1852 novel.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Ayer, 1969.
- Stowe answered her critics in 1853 by documenting the horrible conditions of slavery described in her novel.
Wilson, Edmund. Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War. Norton, 1994.
- Wilson's chapter on Stowe is a critical classic.
Gossett, Thomas F. Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1985.
- This book gives a comprehensive history of the reception of Uncle Tom's Cabin in America and abroad and its evolution in various media.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin. Norton, 2006.
- Annotations and essays by Profs. Henry Louis Gates and Hollis Robbins put the novel in the context of its times, track its influence since then, and consider its troubled but enduring place in American literature.
Reynolds, David S. Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America. Norton, 2011.
- Reynold's critically well-received study retains enthusiasm for Stowe's achievement and the book's political importance, while presenting abundant evidence of its mixed legacy.

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