The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a FamilyFrom the day of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, a nation divided by savage conflict confronted the new president. But what many don't know was that within the White House's walls, the Lincoln's family would soon find itself suffering turmoil mirroring that of the nation he led. |
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... Elizabeth Keckly's life would have been regarded as highly unusual anywhere in America. Born a slave, at the age of thirty-eight she had bought her freedom from her owner and, in her hometown of St. Louis, made a comfortable life for ...
... Lizzy Keckly climbed the main staircase and made her way past hordes of office seekers clamoring to see the president, Lincoln's first full day in office already plagued by what he would quickly come to realize was one of the worst ...
... Lizzy Keckly, before the seamstress had even entered the room Mary was already clearly determined on choosing the mulatto (a term designating a person with mixed European and African heritage) as her dressmaker. That the famously ...
... Lizzy Keckly, painstakingly finishing the complicated changes to the first lady's reworked gown, was late in delivering the garment and got it to the White House only minutes before the guests were due to arrive. There she found a first ...
... Lizzy and the dress showed up, Mary's sister Elizabeth Edwards and cousin ... Keckly had trimmed the dress to expose as much as was decently permissible ... Keckly has met with success.” Lincoln's ability to manage Mary's moods was ...
Contents
THREE Calamity in War Calamity at Home | |
FOUR Death in the White House | |
SEVEN An Unfinished Work | |
EPILOGUE The Flying Dutchman | |
NOTES | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
INDEX | |
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The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family Jerrold M. Packard Limited preview - 2006 |
The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family Jerrold M. Packard Limited preview - 2005 |