{"product_id":"the-reconstruction-diary-of-frances-anne-rollin-a-critical-edition-hardcover","title":"The Reconstruction Diary of Frances Anne Rollin: A Critical Edition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Putzi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFrances Anne Rollin\u003c\/b\u003e (Based on a Book by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1867, Frances Anne Rollin, a Black writer and teacher from South Carolina, traveled to Boston to seek a publisher for her biography of famed Black abolitionist, writer, and Civil War veteran Martin R. Delany--the first full-length biography written by an African American. Beginning in January 1868, Rollin kept a diary while in Boston documenting her progression on Delany's biography, negotiations with publishers, visits from friends, attendance at lectures and readings, and her marriage to William J. Whipper, a Black politician and jurist. Rollin's diary is one of the earliest known diaries by a Southern Black woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this critical edition Jennifer Putzi offers the first complete transcription and annotation of Rollin's diary, along with a robust introduction providing important biographical, historical, cultural, and literary contexts for readers. Rollin's diary provides one of the fullest pictures of an African American woman as an author, activist, and well-connected and politically involved individual during the Reconstruction era--filling a gap in the literature and scholarly analysis of such preserved works by nineteenth-century African American women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Putzi is the Sara and Jess Cloud Professor of English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at William \u0026amp; Mary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45444404117606,"sku":"9781469690018","price":192.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WCF4e6lNO89781469690018.webp?v=1776074584","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-reconstruction-diary-of-frances-anne-rollin-a-critical-edition-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}