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Behind The Scenes; Or, Thirty Years A Slave, And Four Years In The White House

Behind The Scenes; Or, Thirty Years A Slave, And Four Years In The White House

Keckley, Elizabeth

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Entertainment & Performing ArtsBiographies GeneralGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354756689
ISBN13: 9789354756689
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 18 2021
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A fearless portal to a pivotal era. Behind The Scenes opens a window not merely into a life, but into a nation in motion, where a Virginia slave society meets the forces of abolition, reform, and fierce endurance. Elizabeth Keckley's memoir unfolds as a lucid, intimate record that blends intimate detail with sweeping history. It sits at the crossroads of historical memoir and slave narrative, offering a uniquely human perspective on power, resilience, and the daily craft of survival. The book's form-introspective, articulate, and narrative-driven-speaks to general historical readers while inviting scholars and students of abolitionist memoirs, slavery era biographies, and Civil War era America to compare voices across time. It is a resource for education and research, a bridge between intimate recollection and public history. This edition is more than a reprint; it is a restored cultural treasure, rescued for today's audiences and future generations. For decades out of print, it re-emerges as a collector's item and a cornerstone of the American saga. Alpha Editions honours the work as a storied document of courage and memory, essential to any collection for readers who seek a rigorous, human-centred account in the growing field of comparative slave narratives and classic abolitionist literature.

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