Behind the Scenes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438523088)

Behind the scenes formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Lincoln, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House is an autobiography of a former slave who obtained her freedom in 1855 at age thirty. The book discusses the reconstruction era. The author describes how being a skillful seamstress led her to become the confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln during the Lincolns' years in the White House.

Author: Elizabeth Keckley
ISBN-10: 1438523084
ISBN-13: 9781438523088
Publisher: Book Jungle
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2009
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.44d