{"product_id":"9780767902595","title":"Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship Between a First Lady and a Former Slave","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eFleischner, Jennifer\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrown\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/10\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant social history set against the backdrop of the Antebellum south and the   Civil War that recreates the lives and friendship of two exceptional women: First   Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and her mulatto dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e“I consider   you my best living friend,” Mary Lincoln wrote to Elizabeth Keckly in 1867, and indeed   theirs was a close, if tumultuous, relationship.  Born into slavery, mulatto Elizabeth   Keckly was Mary Lincoln’s dressmaker, confidante, and mainstay during the difficult   years that the Lincolns occupied the White House and the early years of Mary’s widowhood.    But she was a fascinating woman in her own right, Lizzy had bought her freedom in 1855 and come to Washington determined to make a life for herself. She was independent and already well-established   as the dressmaker to the Washington elite when she was first hired by Mary Lincoln   upon her arrival in the nation’s capital. Mary Lincoln hired Lizzy in part because she was considered a   “high society” seamstress and Mary, as an outsider in Washington’s social circles, was   desperate for social cachet. With her husband struggling to keep the nation together,   Mary turned increasingly to her seamstress for companionship, support, and advice—and   over the course of those trying years, Lizzy Keckly became her confidante and closest   friend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorian Jennifer Fleischner   allows us to glimpse the intimate dynamics of this unusual friendship for the first   time, and traces the pivotal events that enabled these two women to forge such an unlikely bond at a time when relations   between blacks and whites were tearing the nation apart. \u003ci\u003eMrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkable work of   scholarship that explores the legacy of slavery and sheds new light on the Lincoln   White House.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43365572313343,"sku":"9780767902595","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780767902595_s600x595.jpg?v=1775599175","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780767902595","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}