Published in August of 2026 by Hourly History.
Hourly History specializes in producing short histories that they typical person can read in about an hour. I like them for two reasons: 1) they offer free e-books EVERY weekend (get on their email list) and 2) there are some people and events I want to know more about, but I am not interested in investing the time required for a full scale biography.
For me, Harriet Beecher Stowe is one of those people. I am a long-time student of the American Civil War, so she is frequently mentioned in these circles. Her anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was an international bestseller and helped fuel a lot of agitated discussion leading up to the Civil War.
I knew four or five important points about her pre-Civil War life, I knew about her family connections to the anti-slavery movement, and I read Uncle Tom's Cabin (see my review here) but I'd never had it all put together in one place.
This was an interesting biography and paced well. I rate it 4 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life from Beginning to End.
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