For the first time--the complete story of the life and times of the most important black woman writer of the nineteenth century. In this remarkable biography, Jean Fagan Yellin recounts the full adventures of Harriet Jacobs, before and after slavery. Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl , one of the most widely read slave narratives of all time, recounts through the pseudonymous character named "Linda" the adventures of a young female slave who spent seven years in her grandmother's attic hiding from her sexually ...
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For the first time--the complete story of the life and times of the most important black woman writer of the nineteenth century. In this remarkable biography, Jean Fagan Yellin recounts the full adventures of Harriet Jacobs, before and after slavery. Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl , one of the most widely read slave narratives of all time, recounts through the pseudonymous character named "Linda" the adventures of a young female slave who spent seven years in her grandmother's attic hiding from her sexually abusive and cruel master. Jean Yellin takes us inside that attic with Harriet Jacobs and then follows her on her escape to the North, where she found safe haven with Quaker abolitionists. Drawing upon decades of original research with never-before-seen archival sources, Yellin creates a complete picture of the events that inspired Incidents and offers the first rounded picture of Jacobs's life in the thirty-six years after the book's publication. Harrassed by her former owner, living under threat of recapture until the end of the Civil War, Jacobs survived poverty, ran a boarding house, and built a career as a political writer and speaker, struggling all the while to provide for her family. Jean Yellin brings to life the struggles and triumphs of this extraordinary woman whose life reflected all the major changes of the nineteenth century, from slavery to the Civil War to Reconstruction to the origins of the modern Civil Rights movement.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscribed and dated by author to previous owner on dedication page. Like new copy in bright, shiny dj. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 432 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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First Edition, First Printing by numberline
Publisher:
Civitas Book Publisher
Published:
2003
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17958252644
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New York, Basic Civitas Books, 2004, hardcover, xxi-394 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed and inscribed by the Author as an addendum on the dedication page, "and for Daniel-with all good wishes, Jean Fagan Yellin 10/04" Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight bumps to head and heel of spine, one page edge wrinkled. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, as new in protective Brodart sleeve. Drawing upon decades of original research with never-before-seen archival sources Yellin creates a complete picture of Harriet Jacobs, author of one of the most widely read slave narratives of all time, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and brings to life the struggles and triumphs of this extraordinary woman whose life reflected all the major changes of the nineteenth century, from slavery to the Civil War to Reconstruction to the origins of the modern Civil Rights movement. Illustrated with a selection of black-&-white photographs on 8 glossy plates, Appended: Notes, Select Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780465092888.
