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The remarkable story of the man behind the book that helped spark the Civil War, in a stunning historical detective storyA Plausible Manis a remarkable piece of historical sleuthing and often a riveting read. Ms. Ashton's tale is enhanced by the inclusion of numerous photos of people and places important in Jackson's life.Wall Street JournalIn December of 1850, a faculty wife in Brunswick, Maine, named Harriet Beecher Stowe hid a fugitive slave in her house. While John Andrew Jackson stayed for only one night, he made a lasting impression: drawing from this experience, Stowe began to write Uncle Tom's Cabin, one of the most influential books in American history and the novel that helped inspire the overthrow of slavery in the United States. A Plausible Man unfolds as a historical detective story, as Susanna Ashton combs obscure records for evidence of Jackson's remarkable flight from slavery to freedom, his quest to liberate his enslaved family, and his emergence as an international

A Plausible Man

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      Publisher The New Press
      Published 9/19/2024
      ISBN-13 9781620978191
      978-1620978191
      ISBN-10 1620978199
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      Book Synopsis
      The remarkable story of the man behind the book that helped spark the Civil War, in a stunning historical detective storyA Plausible Manis a remarkable piece of historical sleuthing and often a riveting read. Ms. Ashton's tale is enhanced by the inclusion of numerous photos of people and places important in Jackson's life.Wall Street JournalIn December of 1850, a faculty wife in Brunswick, Maine, named Harriet Beecher Stowe hid a fugitive slave in her house. While John Andrew Jackson stayed for only one night, he made a lasting impression: drawing from this experience, Stowe began to write Uncle Tom's Cabin, one of the most influential books in American history and the novel that helped inspire the overthrow of slavery in the United States. A Plausible Man unfolds as a historical detective story, as Susanna Ashton combs obscure records for evidence of Jackson's remarkable flight from slavery to freedom, his quest to liberate his enslaved family, and his emergence as an international

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