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2 Burnside US History- Lincoln, Abraham
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Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography

by Jean H Baker

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Publisher Comments:

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.

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"Rich with superb insights and wonderful anecdotes about 19th-century family and domestic life, it is a complex and moving character study of a woman tragically out of step with her time and place".--Chicago Tribune. Photos.

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"Absorbing and convincing ... a major contribution to Lincolniana."'"David H. Donald, author of Lincoln
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About the Author

Jean H. Bakeris the author of many books on nineteenth-century American history. She is a professor of history at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393333039
Subtitle:
A Biography
Author:
Baker, Jean H
Author:
Baker, Jean H.
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Subject:
United States - Civil War
Subject:
Presidents & Heads of State
Subject:
Presidents' spouses
Subject:
United states
Subject:
First Ladies
Subject:
Historical - U.S.
Subject:
Presidents
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Family
Subject:
Presidents' spouses -- United States.
Subject:
Lincoln, Mary Todd
Copyright:
2008
Publication Date:
October 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
429
Dimensions:
8 x 6 in
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