An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780152063986 (0152063986)
Publish date: November 1st 2008
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Although, I am a huge fan of A Lincoln, I found this book fascinating as I have not really studied Mary Lincoln or the Lincoln children. Granted it is a piece of fiction, but one could almost envision the relationship between the two women.
Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley met in 1861 when Ms. Keckley, "a free black woman who had purchased her own freedom" came to the White House to interview for the position as the First Lady's dressmaker. Despite being her success among Washington D.C.'s elite, "Lizzie" never believed she had ...
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