Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste & Friend to Mrs Lincoln
by Keckley, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- About Fine/No Jacket (as issued)
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: he Lakeside Press, 1998. Facsimile Reprint. . Cloth. About Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Facsimile Reprint. Hard cover 12mo in brown cloth w/gold dec and spine titles. About Fine in lightly scuffed boards, else Fine and unmarked/no DJ (as issued). 312pp inc. Appendix, Index; well-illustrated in photos.
Synopsis
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. First time in Penguin Classics
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- Bookseller
- Basement Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038979
- Title
- Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste & Friend to Mrs Lincoln
- Author
- Keckley, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- he Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY HISTORY AMERICAN SLAVERY SLAVE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction; History;
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About the Seller
Basement Books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Basement Books
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