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Author:

Hecimovich, Gregg A., author.

Title:

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HANNAH CRAFTS : THE TRUE STORY OF THE BONDWOMAN'S NARRATIVE / Gregg Hecimovich.

Publisher:

Ecco,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Crafts, Hannah.
African American women novelists--Biography.
Enslaved women--United States--Biography.
Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography.
Autobiographical fiction, American--History and criticism.

Notes:

2023/10/17 Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Beginnings -- The search -- Nat Turner, the Wheelers, and The Bondwoman's Narrative -- The revolt -- The candidates -- Childhood -- Property -- Rosea Pugh and Hannah Sr. -- The early life of Hannah Crafts -- The Bondwoman's Narrative and Uncle Tom's Cabin -- The notebook -- Religion -- The Wheelers -- The novel -- The life and times of Eliza Morgan -- The Bondwoman's Narrative and Bleak House -- The search continued -- The life and times of Jane Johnson -- The life andtimes of Hannah Crafts -- The life and times of Hannah Vincent.

Summary:

"A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a preface by Henry Louis Gates Jr."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0062334735
9780062334732

LCCN:

2023010774

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

NWPC663 -- Nissen Public Library (Saint Ansgar)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)