Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House Paperback - 2005
by Elizabeth Keckley; Introduction by William L. Andrews
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.
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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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- Title Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
- Author Elizabeth Keckley; Introduction by William L. Andrews
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2005-07-26
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143039242 / 0143039245
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects African American women, Slaves - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004051363
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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