Behind The Scenes: Formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Lincoln or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs

Edité par The Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1998

Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with color and B&W photographs and reproductions. Edited by Frances Smith Foster. Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (sometimes spelled Keckly; 1818-1907) was a former slave who became a successful seamstress, civil activist and author in Washington, DC. She was best known as the personal modiste and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, the First Lady. Keckley had moved to Washington in 1860 after buying her freedom and that of her son in St. Louis. She created an independent business in the capital based on clients who were the wives of the government elite. Among them were Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis; and Mary Anna Custis Lee, wife of Robert E. Lee. After the American Civil War, Keckley wrote and published an autobiography, Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House (1868). It was both a slave narrative and a portrait of the First Family, especially Mary Todd Lincoln, and considered controversial for breaking privacy about them. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. The Lakeside Classics. 96. Color and B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. lxxvii, 319 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 30491

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Behind The Scenes: Formerly a slave, but ...
Éditeur : The Lakeside Press, Chicago
Date d'édition : 1998
Reliure : Hard Cover
Etat : As New
Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket
Edition : First Edition Thus. First Printing.