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Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House (Penguin Classics)

 
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Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House (Penguin Classics)

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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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Product details

EAN/ISBN:
9780143039242
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
192
Publication date:
2005-07-26
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Languages:
english
Manufacturer:
Unknown
EAN/ISBN:
9780143039242
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
192
Publication date:
2005-07-26
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Languages:
english
Manufacturer:
Unknown

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