This title focuses on Mary Todd Lincoln and gives information related to her early life, time as a leader, first lady, and her legacy. It also highlights quick stats, key dates and glossary terms. The title is complete with beautiful and colorful photographs, and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Launch! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
"A striking success…the account of the White House years is absorbing, the account of Mary Lincoln's life as a widow utterly compelling." —New York Times This definitive biography of Mary Todd Lincoln beautifully conveys her tumultuous ...
Dr. Evans argues that “in January 1861 there occurred the first act ofMrs. Lincoln indicating that she might not be mentally 'right.' Taking advantage ofher financial credit as the President's wife, under her brother-in-law's guidance, ...
Elizabeth Edwards to Robert Lincoln , August II , 12 , September 15 , 22 , November 5 , 1875 ; Ninian Edwards to Robert Todd Lincoln , November 17 , 1875 , Insanity File . 75. M. A. P. Corcoran to Robert Lincoln , January 11 , March 9 ...
In this irresistible novel, Mary Todd Lincoln shares the story of her life in her own words, allowing us entry into the inner, intimate world of this brave and fascinating woman.
Lincoln secured her release from the sanitarium and lived under the care of her sister Elizabeth in Springfield, Illinois. The book paints a sympathetic portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln, and recounts actual witness testimony from the trial.
The personal correspondences of Mary Todd Lincoln create an intimate portrait of her life and marriage to Lincoln as well as her struggles after his death
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 ...
Badeau, Adam, 251–54 Bailhache, Preston H., 99 Bailhache, ... William E., 266, 274 Bat, USS, 249–50 Bates, Edward, 158, 218, 223, 228 Bayard, James A., 155 Beck, Sarah, 52 Beck, William, 83–84 Beckwith, Samuel, 258 Beecher, Henry Ward, 133.
Neely and McMurtry deal with the trial, the commitment of Mary Todd Lincoln, her release, and her second trial. An appendix features letters and fragments by Mrs. Lincoln from the "Insanity File." The book is illustrated by 25 photographs.
With a gifted novelist’s imagination and a historian’s eye for detail, Barbara Hambly tells a story of astonishing scope, richly peopled with real-life characters and their fictional counterparts, a tour-de-force tale of power, politics ...