Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0142180351
- ISBN-13
- 9780142180358
- Series
- Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 356
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Plume
- Author
- Jennifer Chiaverini
Description
Presents a fictionalized account of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave.
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Other editions
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- 2009
- 80 pages
- Paperback
- National Geographic Books
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