The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Ernest J. Gaines

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.