Behind the scenes in the Lincoln White House : memoirs of an African-American seamstress / Elizabeth Keckley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907.

Standardized Title:

Behind the scenes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907.

Keckley, Elizabeth.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882.

African American women--Biography.

African American women.

Enslaved women--United States--Biography.

Enslaved women.

Relations with African Americans.

Dressmakers.

United States.

Dressmakers--United States--Biography.

Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.

Enslaved persons.

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882--Relations with African Americans.

Lincoln, Mary Todd.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Relations with African Americans.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

156 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2006.

Summary:

Keckley was a former slave who became a successful Washington, D.C., dressmaker -- and a confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. This intimate bond allowed her to witness the happy times as well as the tragic events that unfolded within the Lincoln White House. A remarkable firsthand narrative of both African-American and Civil War history.

Notes:

"Unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1868 by G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, New York, under the title Behind the scenes, Or Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House.

ISBN:

0486451224

9780486451220

OCLC:

65521561

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