20 of the smartest nonfiction titles for summer reading

14. "Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America," by David S. Reynolds

Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America, by David S. Reynolds (W.W. Norton, 351 pp.)
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1851 novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” once galvanized the nation. Biographer David S. Reynolds reviews the book’s history and argues for its ongoing literary value. (June)

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