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A former slave's intimate memoir of the Lincoln White House, a timeless addition to the canons of African American and Civil War literatureOriginally 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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Language
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Pages
168

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Biography, Relations with African Americans, Slaves, African American women, Dressmakers, Women slaves, Black Women, Biography & Autobiography, History, Nonfiction, Employees, Lincoln, mary todd, 1818-1882, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, African american women, Slaves, united states

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Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882), Elizabeth Keckley (ca. 1818-1907), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

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Cover of: Behind the Scenes or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
Behind the Scenes or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House
Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House
2005, Penguin Books
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Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House
1997, New York Public Library
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Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House
1988, Ayer Co.
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Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House
1868, G.W. Carleton & Co.
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1868, G.W. Carleton
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxii]-xxiv).
Originally published: New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., 1868.

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Penguin classics
Genre
Biography.
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Behind the scenes, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House

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Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/092, B
Library of Congress
E457.15 .K26 2005, E457.15.K26 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiv, 168 p. ;
Number of pages
168

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OL3306629M
Internet Archive
behindscenesorth0000keck_u9e4
ISBN 10
0143039245
LCCN
2004051363
Library Thing
25423
Goodreads
251568

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