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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
Andrews, William L.

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Series: Penguin Classics

Biographies GeneralHistorical FiguresCivil War Period (1850-1877)

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ISBN10: 0143039245
ISBN13: 9780143039242
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Jul 26 2005
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.60
Language: English
Originally published in 1868--when it was attacked as an indecent book authored by a traitorous eavesdropper--Behind the Scenes is the story of Elizabeth Keckley, who began her life as a slave and became a privileged witness to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Keckley bought her freedom at the age of thirty-seven and set up a successful dressmaking business in Washington, D.C. She became modiste to Mary Todd Lincoln and in time her friend and confidante, a relationship that continued after Lincoln's assassination. In documenting that friendship--often using the First Lady's own letters--Behind the Scenes fuses the slave narrative with the political memoir. It remains extraordinary for its poignancy, candor, and historical perspective.

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