Pass My Imperfections Lightly By
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Pass My Imperfections Lightly By
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Author : Vaughn McBride
language : en
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Release Date : 1991
Pass My Imperfections Lightly By written by Vaughn McBride and has been published by Dramatic Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.
Mary Lincoln
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Author : Stacy Pratt McDermott
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-01-09
Mary Lincoln written by Stacy Pratt McDermott and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-09 with History categories.
One of America’s most compelling First Ladies, Mary Lincoln possessed a unique vantage point on the events of her time, even as her experiences of the constraints of gender roles and the upheaval of the Civil War reflected those of many other women. The story of her life presents a microcosm through which we can understand the complex and dramatic events of the nineteenth century in the United States, including vital issues of gender, war, and the divisions between North and South. The daughter of a southern, slave-holding family, Mary Lincoln had close ties to people on both sides of the war. Her life shows how the North and South were interconnected, even as the country was riven by sectional strife. In this concise narrative, Stacy Pratt McDermott presents an evenhanded account of this complex, intelligent woman and her times. Supported by primary documents and a robust companion website, this biography introduces students to the world of nineteenth-century America, and the firsthand experiences of Americans during the Civil War.
Mary Todd Lincoln A Biography
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Author : Jean Harvey Baker
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2008-10-17
Mary Todd Lincoln A Biography written by Jean Harvey Baker and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"A striking success…the account of the White House years is absorbing, the account of Mary Lincoln's life as a widow utterly compelling." —New York Times This definitive biography of Mary Todd Lincoln beautifully conveys her tumultuous life and times. A privileged daughter of the proud clan that founded Lexington, Kentucky, Mary fell into a stormy romance with the raw Illinois attorney Abraham Lincoln. For twenty-five years the Lincolns forged opposing temperaments into a tolerant, loving marriage. Even as the nation suffered secession and civil war, Mary experienced the tragedies of losing three of her four children and then her husband. An insanity trial orchestrated by her surviving son led to her confinement in an asylum. Mary Todd Lincoln is still often portrayed in one dimension, as the stereotype of the best-hated faults of all women. Here her life is restored for us whole.
Eyes Of The Heart
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Author : Catherine Filloux
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2017-09-30
Eyes Of The Heart written by Catherine Filloux and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-30 with Drama categories.
A collection of six plays by award-winning playwright Catherine Filloux: Eyes of the Heart; Kidnap Road; Lemkin’s House; Mary and Myra; Selma ’65; and Silence of God. The plays have both national and international settings. Subjects include key figures in the history of human and civil rights; genocide; crimes against women; international human rights law; U.S. Civil Rights Movement; and Women’s Suffrage. SEVERAL OF THE REAL-LIFE FIGURES IN FILLOUX'S PLAYS: *Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian politician and activist, kidnapped by FARC revolutionary forces in 2002 *Myra Bradwell, first U.S. woman lawyer, instrumental in getting Mary Todd Lincoln released from an insane asylum in 1875 *Raphael Lemkin, originator of the term "genocide," activist lawyer, and advisor on war crimes *Mary Todd Lincoln, widow of President Abraham Lincoln *Viola Liuzzo, Civil Rights activist murdered by the KKK in 1965 *Pol Pot, head of the Khmer Rouge regime, responsible for the deaths of nearly two million Cambodians *William Proxmire, U.S. senator, advocate in Congress for the adoption of the International Convention for the Punishment of Genocide.
Mary Lincoln For The Ages
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Author : Jason Emerson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-08-30
Mary Lincoln For The Ages written by Jason Emerson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-30 with History categories.
In this sweeping analytical bibliography, Jason Emerson goes beyond the few sources usually employed to contextualize Mary Lincoln's life and thoroughly reexamines nearly every word ever written about her. In doing so, this book becomes the prime authority on Mary Lincoln, points researchers to key underused sources, reveals how views about her have evolved over the years, and sets the stage for new questions and debates about the themes and controversies that have defined her legacy. Mary Lincoln for the Ages first articulates how reliance on limited sources has greatly restricted our understanding of the subject, evaluating their flaws and benefits and pointing out the shallowness of using the same texts to study her life. Emerson then presents more than four hundred bibliographical entries of nonfiction books and pamphlets, scholarly and popular articles, journalism, literature, and juvenilia. More than just listings of titles and publication dates, each entry includes Emerson's deft analysis of these additional works on Mary Lincoln that should be used--but rarely have been--to better understand who she was during her life and why we see her as we do. The volume also includes rarely used illustrations, including some that have never before appeared in print. A roadmap for a firmer, more complete grasp of Mary Lincoln's place in the historical record, this is the first and only extensive, analytical bibliography of the subject. In highlighting hundreds of overlooked sources, Emerson changes the paradigm of Mary Lincoln's legacy.
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.
By Southern Playwrights
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Author : Michael Bigelow Dixon
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 1996-02-01
By Southern Playwrights written by Michael Bigelow Dixon and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-02-01 with Drama categories.
By Southern Playwrights is a rare assemblage of works from the 1980s and 1990s by writers continuing the tradition of Tennessee Williams, Lillian Hellman, and Beth Henley, among others. This book makes available for the first time in print Marsha Norman's romantic comedy Loving Daniel Boone, novelist Harry Crews's only play, Blood Issue, and humorist Ray Blount Jr.'s ventures into one-act comedy, Five Ives Gets Named and That Dog Isn't Fifteen. Also included are novelist Elizabeth Dewberry's first play, Head On, Kentucky novelist and essayist Wendell Berry's The Cool of the Day, and Digging In, a remarkable array of Kentucky farm voices adapted for the stage by Julie Crutcher and Vaughn McBride. Southern playwriting is a distinctive voice in the American theater, a point eloquently made in the foreword by Jon Jory. The literary works of the South, he writes, are dominated by "great language, family, strong women, religion, the land, and the past," all of which makes them wonderful for acting -- and for reading. This entertaining book honors southern playwrights in a collection of works that have premiered at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
The Lincoln Reader
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Author : Paul M. Angle
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-09
The Lincoln Reader written by Paul M. Angle and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-09 with History categories.
The Lincoln Reader weaves a biography of Abraham Lincoln written by sixty-five authors, meshing history, anecdotes and research to provide a fascinating view of the Emancipating President. Paul Angle, the noted Lincoln scholar, has selected passages from the works of Lincoln’s contemporaries, later biographers, and even Lincoln himself, to form a composite portrait of one of the wisest and most beloved American presidents. These passages, interwoven by Angle’s running commentary, blend into a single vivid narrative of Lincoln’s life, from his boyhood in Indiana to his assassination and funeral. First published in 1947, The Lincoln Reader has long been considered the most definitive, complete, and authentic retelling of the life of Abraham Lincoln.
The Courtship Of Mr Lincoln
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Author : Ruth Painter Randall
language : en
Publisher: Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown
Release Date : 1957
The Courtship Of Mr Lincoln written by Ruth Painter Randall and has been published by Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Courtship categories.
A reconstruction, largely from contemporary letters, of the three-year period of Abraham Lincoln's courtship of Mary Todd.
Hebrew History
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Author : Henry Cowles
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-11-20
Hebrew History written by Henry Cowles and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-20 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.