Recounts the life of a woman who spent thirty years in slavery and later worked in the White House
Presents a fictionalized account of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave.
Mary : Rentucky Belle ary Ann Todd was part of a large , bustling family . Born on December 13 , 1818 , to Robert and Eliza Todd in Lexington , Kentucky , she was the fourth of seven children . Her father , a wealthy banker , and his ...
Presents a fictionalized account of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave.
Elizabeth Keckley's rise from slave to White House confidante details the cruel and terrible life for those in slavery, and the drive and determination of a woman who would not let others destroy her will.
... Elegant Extracts, or Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations. He memorized William Cullen Bryant's poem “Thanatopsis," about accepting death amid life, and turned down the page for William 161.
The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs.
"--Booklist The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker returns to her most famous heroine, Mary Todd Lincoln, in this compelling story of love, loss, and sisterhood rich with history and suspense.
A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley Ann Rinaldi. DADDY GEORGE'S MASSA came to fetch him at ... In the kitchen, Aunt Charlotte's girls, who were overworked anyway, got jealous and went to Mistress, who got more jealous.
Yet this book has survived all odds and has now become an important document on Anti-Slavery and the Lincolns. A must read for anyone who is interested in American History!
A dramatic tale filled with passion and depression, poverty and ridicule, infidelity and redemption, this is the unforgettable story of Mary Todd Lincoln–one of history’s most enigmatic and misunderstood women.