{"product_id":"eden-southworths-hidden-hand-the-untold-story-of-americas-famous-forgotten-nineteenth-century-author-9781493089130","title":"E.D.E.N. Southworth's Hidden Hand: The Untold Story of America's Famous Forgotten Nineteenth-Century Author","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUncover the legacy of E.D.E.N. Southworth, the trailblazing novelist whose daring heroines and progressive ideals captivated a generation, only to be forgotten by history--until now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eE.D.E.N. Southworth (Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte) was one of the nineteenth century's most prolific and successful authors, with more novels to her credit than Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain combined. Readers loved her feisty heroines who rode horses, shot pistols, captured notorious villains, became sea captains, and had other such grand adventures. In 1859, countless readers named their daughters Capitola after their favorite character in Southworth's best-selling \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Hand\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fifty-plus novels, Southworth wrote about unspeakable topics for the time, including alcoholism, domestic violence, poverty, and capital punishment--all nicely tucked away within the pages of her \"domestic fiction.\" Despite being raised in a slave-owning family, she wrote for \u003ci\u003eThe National Era\u003c\/i\u003e (a known abolitionist magazine), supported emancipation, and encouraged her longtime friend Harriet Beecher Stowe to publish \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e. Southworth also advocated for better education for girls and better living conditions for the poor and joined the early women's rights movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Southworth achieved international fame in her lifetime, knowledge of her work virtually disappeared as readers were drawn to the new Modernist literature. Because Southworth never discussed her progressive views publicly--a necessity as a single mother who made a living by her pen--she has long been incorrectly categorized as being \u003ci\u003eagainst\u003c\/i\u003e causes she in fact supported. Now, by combining details from Southworth's novels, newspapers, and personal letters, Rose Neal has set the record straight, piecing together the fascinating life of a woman who was as determined as the heroines she created.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493089130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312","brand":"Rose Neal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45211660026037,"sku":"9781493089130","price":28.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_52282b77-ad30-4408-a174-d5dd701cb44d.jpg?v=1742913690","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/eden-southworths-hidden-hand-the-untold-story-of-americas-famous-forgotten-nineteenth-century-author-9781493089130","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}