Lincoln, Stowe, and the "Little Woman/Great War" Story: The Making, and Breaking, of a Great American Anecdote

Abstract

This article discusses the influence of Stowe's book on the civil war, and compares Stowe's abolitionist views to those of Lincoln. This article suggests that Lincoln did not actually say that Stowe was ``the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.'' In this article, Vollard questions the impact of Stowe's book on the war. [Eric Larson]