... master and thought of as a slave name but a Yankee solider by the name of Mr. Brown named her Jane. Her strong-willed nature and "tough as nails" attitude helped set the tone for the entire book. The author of this book, Ernest Gaines, was born in 1933 on River Lake Plantation in Louisiana. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman was published in 1972 and was written during the prime of his writing career ... because his first short story was published in 1956. The ... fact that this story was written in the 70s by a man who was ... ...

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... about a black Romeo and Juliet tragedy. In 1968 he wrote Bloodline of five short stories, one of which The Sky Is Gray became a PBS film. In 1971 he wrote the Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, made by CBS into the Emmy Awards winning television film starring Cicely Tyson. In 1971 he wrote A Long Day In November about the rites of passage between young and old. In 1978 he wrote In My Father ... landowner and placed under supervision. Gaines search is for human dignity. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is well over one hundred years old lady that relates a personal history that sp...

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