… (New York, November 24, 2004) A long-awaited biography of Harriet Jacobs, who wrote the 1861 classic, Incidents in the … at Pace University, will be awarded the prize for her book Harriet Jacobs: A Life, which recovers the experience of this … Lehrman Center, commented: Jean Yellin’s biography of Harriet Jacobs has been eagerly anticipated by scholars and …