Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe

CHAPTER I.

CHILDHOOD, 1811-1824.

DEATH OF HER MOTHER.--FIRST JOURNEY FROM HOME.--LIFE AT NUT PLAINS.--SCHOOL DAYS AND HOURS WITH FAVORITE AUTHORS.--THE NEW MOTHER.--LITCHFIELD ACADEMY AND ITS INFLUENCE.--FIRST LITERARY EFFORTS.--A REMARKABLE COMPOSITION.--GOES TO HARTFORD.

HARRIET BEECHER (STOWE) was born June 14, 1811, in the characteristic New England town of Litchfiel...