Behind the Scenes

Name: Behind the Scenes
Brand: Bibliotech Press
SKU: 9781618950369
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Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

Autor: Elizabeth Keckley

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Väzba: Brožovaná

Vydavateľ: Bibliotech Press

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Elizabeth Keckley's post-Civil War life story is part slave narrative, part gossip column, part Hora...

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Autor

Elizabeth Keckley

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

2012

Stránok

152

EAN

9781618950369

ISBN

9781618950369

Enbook ID

08816438

Vydavateľ

Bibliotech Press

Hmotnosť

231

Rozmery

152 x 229 x 9

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Elizabeth Keckley's post-Civil War life story is part slave narrative, part gossip column, part Horatio Alger story. It blends autobiography with - is there a word to describe a biography that disparages its subject? Although Elizabeth Keckley lived longer as a slave than as modiste to First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, most of her engrossing autobiography is devoted to her White House years. The opening three chapters establish her as a woman to be reckoned with: the "school of slavery," as she calls her bondage, taught her to be fiercely self-reliant, persevering, and defiant, though more than one slavemaster tried to beat her into submission. Having worked as a reputable seamstress for three years while also performing her full-time duties as a slavewoman, she finally manages to buy freedom for both herself and her son. After a brief, unhappy marriage, she begins her rapid social ascent from seamstress for the solid South's "best ladies" to Mary Todd Lincoln's best friend and confidante. Elizabeth Keckley's narrative is riveting as she recounts life in the White House during the Lincoln administration in meticulous detail. Behind the Scenes will engage equally the history buff, the gossip monger, and the lover of literature. - For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. - From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Joycelyn Moody

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