Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste & Friend to Mrs Lincoln
de Elizabeth Keckley
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- Like New
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Cortland, Ohio, United States
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Sobre este artículo
The Lakeside Press, 1998. hardcover. Like New. Gilt stamped black cloth with gilt top edge. Like new in publishers shrinkwrap. Shipped in box with tracking number.
Sinopsis
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. First time in Penguin Classics
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- Título
- Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste & Friend to Mrs Lincoln
- Autor
- Elizabeth Keckley
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- The Lakeside Press
- Fecha de publicación
- 1998
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