The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Author: Ernest J. Gaines
Desc: 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.