Behind the Scenes

or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

Elizabeth Keckley author James Olney editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:15th Feb '90

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This fascinating autobiography describes one woman's life as a slave and subsequently her four years in Lincoln's White House during the Civil War. Through the eyes of this black woman, a seamstress and dressmaker who was only a few years removed from being a `slave for life', we see historical figures and events including the Lincolns in their private chambers and the return to Richmond after the fall of the Confederate capital.

`Invaluable ... Elizabeth Keckley's memoir of her life as a White House dressmaker for Mary Todd Lincoln ... [is a] curious gem' New York Times Book Review

ISBN: 9780195060843

Dimensions: 162mm x 117mm x 27mm

Weight: 304g

404 pages