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Behind the Scenes - Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House (Hardcover)
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Behind the Scenes - Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House (Hardcover)
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ELIZABETH HOBBS KECKLEY (1818-1907), dressmaker to the elite of
Washington D.C. on the eve of the Civil War, was, remarkably, a
free black woman who'd purchased her emancipation through the
fruits of her own hard work. In 1861, she became the personal
designer to Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as one of the First Lady's
closest confidantes. Only a few years later, however, that
relationship was in ruins, when this 1868 book created a scandal.
Intended by Keckley to rehabilitate the reputation of the former
First Lady-who had run up extensive debts on clothing and other
luxuries while in the White House, and found herself unable to
repay them after the President's assassination-the book was
perceived instead as a betrayal of friendship. Perhaps one of the
first examples of celebrity gossip publishing gone awry, Behind the
Scenes does, nevertheless, offer an insider perspective on the
Lincoln White House that will intrigue armchair historians and fans
of biography alike.
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