| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Contributor(s): Gaines, Ernest J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385342780 ISBN-13: 9780385342780 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Originally published in 1971, this novel spans 100 years of American history--from the early 1860s to the onset of the civil rights movement in the 1960s--in following the life of the elderly Jane Pittman, who witnessed those turbulent years. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009290538 |
| Lexile Measure: 710 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.32" W x 8.22" (0.44 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 729 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Miss Jane Pittman. She is one of the most unforgettable heroines in American fiction, a woman whose life has come to symbolize the struggle for freedom, dignity, and justice. Ernest J. Gaines's now-classic novel--written as an autobiography--spans one hundred years of Miss Jane's remarkable life, from her childhood as a slave on a Louisiana plantation to the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. It is a story of courage and survival, history, bigotry, and hope--as seen through the eyes of a woman who lived through it all. A historical tour de force, a triumph of fiction, Miss Jane's eloquent narrative brings to life an important story of race in America--and stands as a landmark work for our time. |