Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) became famous almost overnight when "e;Uncle Tom's Cabin"e; - which sold more than 300,000 copies in its first year of publication-appeared in 1852. Known by virtually all famous writers in the United States and many in England and regarded by many women writers as a role model because of her influence in the literary marketplace, Stowe herself was the subject of many books, articles, essays, and poems during her lifetime.
