Behind the Scenes Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House
ELIZABETH HOBBS KECKLEY (1818-1907), dressmaker to the elite of Washington D.C. on the eve of the Civil War, was, remarkably, a free black woman who'd purchased her emancipation through the fruits of her own hard work. In 1861, she became the personal designer to Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as one of the First Lady's closest confidantes. Only a few years later, however, that relationship was in ruins, when this 1868 book created a scandal. Intended by Keckley to rehabilitate the reputation of the former First Lady-who had run up extensive debts on clothing and other luxuries while in the White House, and found herself un…
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- ISBN: 978-1-60520-423-9
- EAN: 9781605204239
- Produktnummer: 4765425
- Verlag: Cosimo Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 164 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.5 cm 215 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 215
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