Publication

2013 - Large Print Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, Detroit, Michigan

Language

English

Word Count

158,250 words, Guess

Page Count

633 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781594136603
  • Open LibraryOL26917984M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3553.H473 M77 2013c

Description

"New York Times" bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini's compelling historical novel unveils the private lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln through the perspective of the First Lady's most trusted confidante and friend, her dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley. In a life that spanned nearly a century and witnessed some of the most momentous events in American history, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley was born a slave. A gifted seamstress, she earned her freedom by the skill of her needle, and won the friendship of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln by her devotion. A sweeping historical novel, *Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker* illuminates the extraordinary relationship the two women shared, beginning in the hallowed halls of the White House during the trials of the Civil War and enduring almost, but not quite, to the end of Mrs. Lincoln's days.

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