Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker- eBook Author: Jennifer Chiaverini Retail Price: $9.99 Our Price: $9.99 Save: 0.00 (0.00%) Availability: In Stock        In March 1861, Mrs. Lincoln chose Keckley from among a number of applicants to be her personal 'modiste,' responsible not only for creating the First Lady's gowns, but also for dressing Mrs. Lincoln in the beautiful attire Keckley had fashioned. The relationship between the two women quickly evolved, as Keckley was drawn into the intimate life of the Lincoln family, supporting Mary Todd Lincoln in the loss of first her son, and then her husband to the assassination that stunned the nation and the world. Keckley saved scraps from the dozens of gowns she made for Mrs. Lincoln, eventually piecing together a tribute known as the Mary Todd Lincoln Quilt. She also saved memories, which she fashioned into a book, Behind the Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. Upon its publication, Keckley's memoir created a scandal that compelled Mary Todd Lincoln to sever all ties with her, but in the decades since, Keckley's story has languished in the archives. Similar Items you may enjoy! Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker Author: Jennifer Chiaverini Our Price: $10.29 Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image - eBook Author: Joahua Zeitz Our Price: $8.99 The Paris Dressmaker - eBook Author: Kristy Cambron Our Price: $11.99 The Paris Dressmaker Author: Kristy Cambron Our Price: $10.39

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