Wild rice is a wonderful food for upset stomach, but not just because itâs a type of rice. Wild rice is actually a grain-free aquatic grass that looks like and even cooks like rice, but is much more nutritious. It actually alkalizes the body unlike other rice varieties and can settle the stomach quickly.
This article is about the mid-19th century novel. For other uses, see Uncle Tom's Cabin (disambiguation). Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War, according to Will Kaufman.
When faced with an actual fugitive slave and her son, whose appearance reminds the Birds of their own recently deceased child (Stowe, too, had lost a child in the years before writing Uncle Tomâs Cabin), Senator Birdâs feelings get the better of him and he contrives a way to help Eliza and Harry on their way north.