Mrs. Lincoln's dressmaker : the unlikely friendship of Elizabeth Keckley & Mary Todd Lincoln /
Few events can stir up a scandal more than an autobiography of a First Lady's confidante. In 1868, a controversial tell-all called Behind the Scenes introduced readers to Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley. Mrs. Keckley was a former slave who had been Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker and friend during...
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Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic,
2009.
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Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- Invitation to the White House
- Life of a slave girl
- Mary: Kentucky belle
- Chasing freedom
- We are elected!
- Starting over
- Facing new challenges
- Fighting to survive
- Elizabeth takes a stand.