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Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave
by Elizabeth Keckley (author); Frances Smith Foster (editor)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
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Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Tight, clean, unmarked copy in the Lakeside Classics Series. No flaws worthy of note. Minimal wear only.
Synopsis
Originally published in 1868—when it was attacked as an “indecent book” authored by a “traitorous eavesdropper”— Behind the Scenes is the story of Elizabeth Keckley, who began her life as a slave and became a privileged witness to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Keckley bought her freedom at the age of thirty-seven and set up a successful dressmaking business in Washington, D.C. She became modiste to Mary Todd Lincoln and in time her friend and confidante, a relationship that continued after Lincoln’s assassination. In documenting that friendship—often using the First Lady’s own letters— Behind the Scenes fuses the slave narrative with the political memoir. It remains extraordinary for its poignancy, candor, and historical perspective. First time in Penguin Classics
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- Bookseller
- BooksGalore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BX74-AVS-2.17
- Title
- Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave
- Author
- Elizabeth Keckley (author); Frances Smith Foster (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Sewn binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- The Lakeside Classics
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 322
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies and Memoirs; American History;