Behind the Scenes |
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Author:
| Keckley, Elizabeth |
ISBN: | 978-1-4385-8708-0 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
Publisher: | Standard Publications, Inc.
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Imprint: | Book Jungle |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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Behind the scenes formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Lincoln, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House is an autobiography of a former slave who obtained her freedom in 1855 at age thirty. The book discusses the reconstruction era. The author describes how being a skillful seamstress led her to become the confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln during the Lincolns' years in the White House.
Behind the scenes formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Lincoln, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House is an autobiography of a former slave who obtained her freedom in 1855 at age thirty. The book discusses the reconstruction era. The author describes how being a skillful seamstress led her to become the confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln during the Lincolns' years in the White House.