The Penguin American Library ISBN 0 14 039.003 0 - Uncle Tom's Cabin Or, Life Among the Lowly

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin first published 1852 This edition published 1981

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (The Penguin American library) Reprint. Originally published: The California and Oregon Trail. New York: Putnam, 1849. Bibliography: p. 1. Slavery in the United States—Fiction I. Douglas, Ann, 1924           II. Title [PS2954.U5  1981] 8138'.3 81-269 ISBN 0 14 039.003 0        AACR1

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