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  • Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House
    By: Elizabeth Keckley
    Born a slave in Virginia, Elizabeth Keckley (c. 1824-1907) went on to become a talented dressmaker and designer, with some twenty employees of her own. Catering to the wives, daughters, and sisters of Washington’s political elite, she included among her clientele Mary Todd Lincoln, who became her close friend and confidante.Keckley’s behind-the-scenes view of wartime Washington...
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  • Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House
    By: Elizabeth Keckley
    Born a slave in Virginia, Elizabeth Keckley (c. 1824-1907) went on to become a talented dressmaker and designer, with some twenty employees of her own. Catering to the wives, daughters, and sisters of Washington’s political elite, she included among her clientele Mary Todd Lincoln, who became her close friend and confidante.Keckley’s behind-the-scenes view of wartime Washington...
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    42,04 €

  • Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House
    Elizabeth Keckley
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    27,00 €

  • Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House
    Elizabeth Keckley
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    39,48 €

  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    27,07 €

  • Shadows Uplifted Volume II
    Elizabeth Keckley / Harriet Wilson
    A landmark anthology of full-length works by Black American women writers of the 19th century including Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Harriet Jacobs, and Mary Weston Fordham-edited and with an introduction by C.S.R. Calloway.Shadows Uplifted collects and celebrates the vibrant and diverse work of these often unsung Black female writers, meticulously preserving their words while...
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    19,95 €

  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Elizabeth Keckley reveals the hardships of slavery and the changing political climate in Washington amongst the country’s most powerful couple, Abraham and Mary Lincoln. Keckley had unprecedented access, giving insight into their state during and after the Civil War.Elizabeth Keckley was born into slavery and experienced a traumatic upbringing riddled with physical and sexual ...
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    9,84 €

  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Elizabeth Keckley reveals the hardships of slavery and the changing political climate in Washington amongst the country’s most powerful couple, Abraham and Mary Lincoln. Keckley had unprecedented access, giving insight into their state during and after the Civil War.Elizabeth Keckley was born into slavery and experienced a traumatic upbringing riddled with physical and sexual ...
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    17,77 €

  • Behind The Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Behind The Scenes: Or, Thirty Years A Slave, And Four Years In The White House.This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed...
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  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (sometimes spelled Keckly; February 1818 – May 1907) was a former slave who became a successful seamstress, civil activist, and author in Washington, DC. She was best known as the personal modiste and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, the First Lady. Keckley had moved to Washington in 1860 after buying her freedom and that of her son in St. Louis. She cre...
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    18,96 €

  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (sometimes spelled Keckly; February 1818 – May 1907) was a former slave who became a successful seamstress, civil activist, and author in Washington, DC. She was best known as the personal modiste and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, the First Lady. Keckley had moved to Washington in 1860 after buying her freedom and that of her son in St. Louis. She cre...
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    31,13 €

  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    First published in 1868, “Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, And Four Years in the White House” is the intimate autobiography of Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who became a successful seamstress and eventual close confidante and friend of Mary Todd Lincoln. Keckley was born into slavery in 1818 and suffered great hardship and abuse at the hands of her master ...
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  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Elizabeth Keckley’s Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House is both a riveting slave narrative and a fascinating insider’s look at the First Family during the Lincoln administration. ...
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  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    2017 Reprint of 1868 Edition.  An autobiographical narrative, Behind the Scenes traces Elizabeth Keckley's life from her enslavement in Virginia and North Carolina to her time as seamstress to Mary Todd Lincoln in the White House during Abraham Lincoln's administration. It was quite controversial at the time of its release--an uncompromising work that transgressed Victo...
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  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Behind the Scenes: or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House was first published in 1868 and is considered one of the most candid and poignant slave narratives. Author Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley writes about her teenage years, working as a slave for the Rev. Robert Burwell in Hillsborough, NC. He is thought by many historians to have been Keckley s half-brother. Th...
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    9,38 €

  • Behind the Scenes Hardcover
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Behind the Scenes: or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House was first published in 1868 and is considered one of the most candid and poignant slave narratives. Author Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley writes about her teenage years, working as a slave for the Rev. Robert Burwell in Hillsborough, NC. He is thought by many historians to have been Keckley s half-brother. Th...
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    21,55 €

  • Behind The Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Elizabeth Keckley’s Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House is both a riveting slave narrative and a fascinating insider’s look at the First Family during the Lincoln administration. Keckley was the First Lady’s seamstress and confidante and the publication of her memoirs in 1868 caused a storm of controversy. The press excoriated Keckley f...
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    18,84 €

  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Elizabeth Keckley’s post-Civil War life story is part slave narrative, part gossip column, part Horatio Alger story. It blends autobiography with - is there a word to describe a biography that disparages its subject? Although Elizabeth Keckley lived longer as a slave than as modiste to First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, most of her engrossing autobiography is devoted to her White Ho...
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    17,66 €

  • Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Behind the Scenes is the life story of Elizabeth Keckley, a shrewd entrepreneur who, while enslaved, raised enough money to purchase freedom for herself and her son. Keckley moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a seamstress and dressmaker for the wives of influential politicians. She eventually became a close confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. Several years after Presid...
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  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Elizabeth Keckley’s post-Civil War life story is part slave narrative, part gossip column, part Horatio Alger story. It blends autobiography with - is there a word to describe a biography that disparages its subject? Although Elizabeth Keckley lived longer as a slave than as modiste to First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, most of her engrossing autobiography is devoted to her White Ho...
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    17,66 €

  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    ELIZABETH HOBBS KECKLEY (1818-1907), dressmaker to the elite of Washington D.C. on the eve of the Civil War, was, remarkably, a free black woman who’d purchased her emancipation through the fruits of her own hard work. In 1861, she became the personal designer to Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as one of the First Lady’s closest confidantes.Only a few years later, however, that rela...
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    49,20 €

  • Behind the Scenes - Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Elizabeth Keckley’s rise from slave to White House confidante makes for an involving story that details the cruel and terrible life for those in slavery, and the drive and determination of a woman who would not let others destroy her will. “Behind the Sce ...
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    29,54 €

  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    Behind the scenes formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Lincoln, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House is an autobiography of a former slave who obtained her freedom in 1855 at age thirty. The book discusses the reconstruction era. The author describes how being a skillful seamstress led her to become the confidante of Mary Todd Li...
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    28,82 €

  • Behind the Scenes Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House
    Elizabeth Keckley
    ELIZABETH HOBBS KECKLEY (1818-1907), dressmaker to the elite of Washington D.C. on the eve of the Civil War, was, remarkably, a free black woman who’d purchased her emancipation through the fruits of her own hard work. In 1861, she became the personal designer to Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as one of the First Lady’s closest confidantes.Only a few years later, however, that rela...
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    20,94 €

  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    This vintage book contains Elizabeth Keckley’s 1868 work, 'Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House'. Half memoir, half fiction, this volume chronicles Keckley’s time spent as a slave and her later life in the White House during the American Civil War. This fascinating volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in American hist...
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    28,46 €

  • Behind the Scenes
    Elizabeth Keckley
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    37,69 €