The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

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4.3
42 reviews
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272
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“Grand, robust, a rich and big novel.”—Alice Walker, The New York Times Book Review

“In [Jane Pittman], Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. . . . Gaines’s novel brings to mind other great works: The Odyssey, for the way his heroine’s travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn, for the clarity of [Pittman’s] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all.”—Newsweek

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.

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4.3
42 reviews
Renee Valdez
March 15, 2019
This epic book is a must- read as a critical part of our American history--the abolition of slavery. Miss Pittman's personal recollections teach us the reality of the emancipation of so many people. A respected elder and natural leader in her community, Miss Pittman's set the standard for future generations to follow.
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mark P
July 13, 2013
I LOVE THIS BOOK IT IS ABOUT A BLACK WOMEN THAT WAS A SLAVE AND SHE WAS FREE FOR SLAVERY I KNOW SHE WAS A HARD WORKER BECAUSE SHE WAS ALIVE FOR 110 YEARS AND THAT IS LONG FOR A SLAVE
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Angie Taylor
January 20, 2015
I enjoy true story's such as this it give you some insight of the times and history of time
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About the author

Ernest Gaines is a writer-in-residence at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2004, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying was an Oprah Book Club pick in 1997.

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