Behind the Scenes : or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0143039245
ISBN-13
9780143039242
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint
Penguin USA
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 26th, 2005
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
160 grams
Dimensions
13.20 x 19.60 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Biography: generalHistory of the AmericasSlavery & abolition of slavery
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This fascinating autobiography describes one woman's life as a slave and subsequently her four years in Lincoln's White House during the Civil War.
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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