Mrs Abraham Lincoln
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Mrs Abraham Lincoln
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Author : W. A. Evans
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2010-02-15
Mrs Abraham Lincoln written by W. A. Evans and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-15 with History categories.
First published in 1932, this was the first thoroughly researched biography of Mary Lincoln ever written, and it remains the most balanced and complete work on this controversial First Lady. Author W. A. Evans challenges the disparaging views of Mary Lincoln that were generally accepted at the time, offering a comprehensive and informed look at a woman whose physical and mental health problems have often been misconstrued or overlooked by other biographers. Evans conducted extensive research, interviewing Mrs. Lincoln’s family members, seeking advice and assistance from numerous Lincoln scholars and historians, scouring thousands of pages of contemporary newspapers and primary resources, reviewing correspondence Mary wrote during her stay at Bellevue Place sanitarium, and consulting with several medical experts. The result of all this research is an objective and detailed portrait of Mrs. Lincoln and her influence on her husband that still has a great deal of historical value for readers today. A new foreword by Jason Emerson, author of The Madness of Mary Lincoln, provides biographical information on Evans and background on the origins of the book and its reception and influence. Finally back in print, this classic biography is essential reading for all with an interest in the Lincoln family.
Mrs Lincoln
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Author : Catherine Clinton
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2010-01-19
Mrs Lincoln written by Catherine Clinton and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Abraham Lincoln is the most revered president in American history, but the woman at the center of his life—his wife, Mary—has remained a historical enigma. One of the most tragic and mysterious of nineteenth-century figures, Mary Lincoln and her story symbolize the pain and loss of Civil War America. Authoritative and utterly engrossing, Mrs. Lincoln is the long-awaited portrait of the woman who so richly contributed to Lincoln's life and legacy.
Mary Todd Lincoln
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Author : Ruth Waldrop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-04-01
Mary Todd Lincoln written by Ruth Waldrop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-04-01 with categories.
Mrs Lincoln
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Author : Thomas Cullinan
language : en
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Release Date : 1969
Mrs Lincoln written by Thomas Cullinan and has been published by Dramatists Play Service Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Drama categories.
THE STORY: As described in Fine Arts magazine: In 1875, ten years after Lincoln's tragic death, his widow was declared insane and upon petition of her son, Robert, was confined in the Bethlehem Place Sanitarium, Batavia, Illinois, for about a year
An American Marriage
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Author : Michael Burlingame
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-06-01
An American Marriage written by Michael Burlingame and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with History categories.
An enlightening narrative exploring an oft-overlooked aspect of the sixteenth president's life, An American Marriage reveals the tragic story of Abraham Lincoln’s marriage to Mary Todd. Abraham Lincoln was apparently one of those men who regarded “connubial bliss” as an untenable fantasy. During the Civil War, he pardoned a Union soldier who had deserted the army to return home to wed his sweetheart. As the president signed a document sparing the soldier's life, Lincoln said: “I want to punish the young man—probably in less than a year he will wish I had withheld the pardon.” Based on thirty years of research, An American Marriage describes and analyzes why Lincoln had good reason to regret his marriage to Mary Todd. This revealing narrative shows that, as First Lady, Mary Lincoln accepted bribes and kickbacks, sold permits and pardons, engaged in extortion, and peddled influence. The reader comes to learn that Lincoln wed Mary Todd because, in all likelihood, she seduced him and then insisted that he protect her honor. Perhaps surprisingly, the 5’2” Mrs. Lincoln often physically abused her 6’4” husband, as well as her children and servants; she humiliated her husband in public; she caused him, as president, to fear that she would disgrace him publicly. Unlike her husband, she was not profoundly opposed to slavery and hardly qualifies as the “ardent abolitionist” that some historians have portrayed. While she providid a useful stimulus to his ambition, she often “crushed his spirit,” as his law partner put it. In the end, Lincoln may not have had as successful a presidency as he did—where he showed a preternatural ability to deal with difficult people—if he had not had so much practice at home.
Mary Todd Lincoln Her Life And Letters
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Author : Justin G. Turner
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 1972
Mary Todd Lincoln Her Life And Letters written by Justin G. Turner and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Biographical narrative and self-portrait of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, drawn from 609 of her letters covering 42 years.
Mrs Lincoln And Mrs Keckly
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Author : Jennifer Fleischner
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2007-12-18
Mrs Lincoln And Mrs Keckly written by Jennifer Fleischner and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with History categories.
A 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. “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. Historian 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. Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly is a remarkable work of scholarship that explores the legacy of slavery and sheds new light on the Lincoln White House.
Mrs Lincoln S Dressmaker
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Author : Lynda Jones
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Release Date : 2009
Mrs Lincoln S Dressmaker written by Lynda Jones and has been published by National Geographic Kids this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
From fashion designer to abolitionist to caretaker, this is the story of dressmaker Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a forgotten figure whose influence ran deep at the very heart of Abraham Lincoln's presidency. Includes handsome duotone illustrations and an elegant design that emphasizes period fashion.
The Trials Of Mrs Lincoln
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Author : Samuel Agnew Schreiner
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2005-01-01
The Trials Of Mrs Lincoln written by Samuel Agnew Schreiner and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Mary Todd Lincoln (1818?82) was a politically ambitious, volatile, and sharp-tongued woman, a shopaholic, and an embarrassment to her son and to the powerful men who sought to control the Lincoln legacy for their own political supremacy. Slandered by former Lincoln cronies and Republican operatives, such as William Herndon, Ward Hill Lamon, and Thurlow Weed; disliked by her son?s wife, the former Mary Harlan; plagued by debts, her pension grant having been denied by Congress; conspired against by her son, Robert, along with Supreme Court justice David Davis, Leonard Swett, John Todd Stuart, Isaac N. Arnold, and others, she had literally no one to turn to. This account of her final years, based on documentary evidence, sets the record straight and restores the reputation of one of the most maligned women in American political history.
The Dark Days Of Abraham Lincoln S Widow As Revealed By Her Own Letters
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Author : Myra Helmer Pritchard
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2011-02-10
The Dark Days Of Abraham Lincoln S Widow As Revealed By Her Own Letters written by Myra Helmer Pritchard and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Written in 1927 but barred from timely publication by the Lincoln family, The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters is based on nearly two dozen intimate letters written between Mary Lincoln and her close friend Myra Bradwell mainly during the former's 1875 incarceration in an insane asylum. By the 1920s most accounts of Mrs. Lincoln focused on her negative qualities and dismissed her as "crazy." Bradwell's granddaughter Myra Helmer Pritchard wrote this distinctly sympathetic manuscript at the behest of her mother, who wished to vindicate Mary Lincoln in the public eye by printing the private correspondence. Pritchard fervently defends Mrs. Lincoln's conduct and sanity, arguing that she was not insane but rather the victim of an overzealous son who had his mother committed. The manuscript and letters were thought to have been destroyed, but fortunately the Lincolns' family lawyer stored copies in a trunk, where historian Jason Emerson discovered them in 2005. While leaving the manuscript intact, Emerson has enhanced it with an introduction and detailed annotations. He fills in factual gaps; provides background on names, places, and dates; and analyzes Pritchard's interpretations, making clear where she was right and where her passion to protect Mrs. Lincoln led to less than meticulous research and incorrect conclusions. This volume features an easy-to-follow format that showcases Pritchard's text on the left-hand pages and Emerson's insightful annotations on the right-hand pages. Following one of the most revered and reviled, famous and infamous of the First Ladies, this book provides a unique perspective of Mrs. Lincoln's post-White House years, with an emphasis on her commitment to a sanitarium. Emerson's contributions make this volume a valuable addition to the study of the Lincoln family. This fascinating work gives today's Lincoln enthusiasts the chance to read this intriguing interpretation of the former First Lady that predates nearly every other book written about her.