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The Mentelles : Mary Todd Lincoln, Henry Clay, and the Immigrant Family Who Educated Antebellum Kentucky / Randolph Paul Runyon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Runyon, Randolph, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lexington (Ky.)--History--18th century.
- Lexington (Ky.).
- Lexington (Ky.)--History--19th century.
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
- Clay, Henry.
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882.
- Lincoln, Mary Todd.
- Mentelle, Charlotte Victoire, 1770-1860.
- Mentelle, Charlotte Victoire.
- Mentelle, Augustus Waldemar, 1769-1846.
- Mentelle, Augustus Waldemar.
- Schools, French--Kentucky--Lexington--History.
- Schools, French.
- Immigrants--Kentucky--Biography.
- Immigrants.
- French Americans--Kentucky--Biography.
- French Americans.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2018]
- Summary:
- Drawing on newly translated materials and previously overlooked primary sources, Randolph Paul Runyon explores the life and times of the Mentelles in this intriguing dual biography. He illustrates how the couple's origins and education gave them access to the higher strata of Bluegrass society even as their views on religion, politics, and culture kept them from feeling at home in America.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The Reluctant Immigrant
- 2 Penniless in Philadelphia
- 3 Buckskin and Lace
- 4 Terror and Delay
- 5 Charlatans and Presbyterians
- 6 Writing Between the Lines
- 7 Friends in High Places
- 8 The Eagle Creek Venture
- 9 The More We See This Country
- 10 An Argument en famille
- 11 Curious, Elegant, and Useful Articles
- 12 The Devil by the Tail
- 13 A Most Worthy Family
- 14 The Effect of a Youthful Frolic
- 15 Rarely Equaled, Never Excelled
- 16 Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subtitle at bottom of data view title page: Mary Todd Lincoln, Henry Clay, and the immigrant family who educated Antebellum Kentucky.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813175409
- 0813175402
- 9780813175690
- 0813175690
- 9780813175393
- 0813175399
- OCLC:
- 1026480655
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