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Książka Behind the Scenes Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes

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

Autor: Elizabeth Keckley
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Wydawca: Cosimo Classics
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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110.68 zł
ELIZABETH HOBBS KECKLEY (1818-1907), dressmaker to the elite of Washington D.C. on the eve of the Ci...

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Autor
Elizabeth Keckley
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2009
strony
164
EAN
9781605209302
ISBN
9781605209302
Enbook ID
08778907
Wydawca
Cosimo Classics
Waga
345
Wymiary
140 x 216 x 13

Pełny opis

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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