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Easton Press leather edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly," a COLLECTOR'S edition, Introduced by Raymond Weaver, Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias, one of the 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN series, published in 1979. Bound in pea green leather, the book has camel moire silk end leaves, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, a satin book marker, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges----in near FINE condition. Harriet Beecher Stowe, who lived from 1811-1986, was the daughter of Lyman Beecher, a New England clergyman, and passionate abolitionist and the wife of a passionate minister, Professor Calvin Stowe. As President Lincoln remarked when he met her at a White House reception: "so you're the little woman who wrote the book that made the great war!" 'Uncle Tom's Cabin" sold millions of copies and the Stowes would have been rich if they had not generously poured their money into humanitarian causes. The book opens with a KENTUCKY farmer named Arthur Shelby facing the loss of his farm because of debts. Even though he and his wife Emily Shelby believe that they have a benevolent relationship with their slaves, Shelby decides to raise the needed funds by selling two of them—Uncle Tom, a middle-aged man with a wife and children, and Harry, the son of Emily Shelby's maid Eliza—to a slave trader. Emily Shelby is averse to this idea because she had promised her maid that her child would never be sold; Emily's son, George Shelby, hates to see Tom go because he sees the man as his friend and mentor. When Eliza overhears Mr. and Mrs. Shelby discussing plans to sell Tom and Harry, Eliza determines to run away with her son. Eliza departs that night, leaving a note of apology to her mistress. Tom is sold and placed on a riverboat which sets sail down the MISSISSIPPI River. While on board, Tom meets and befriends a young white girl named Eva. Eva's father Augustine St. Clare buys Tom from the slave trader and takes him with the family to their home in New Orleans. Tom and Eva begin to relate to one another because of the deep Christian faith they both share. However, Tom is eventually sold to SIMON LEGREE, a brutal slave breaker. 295 pages. I offer Combined shipping.