Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House - Keckley Elizabeth

by Keckley Elizabeth

104 pages, Paperback

Published November 20, 2009

Reviews

[Natalie KM]

I'm really surprised this book isn't more widely read. It's an incredible firsthand insight into a woman who was born and lived as a slave before buying her own freedom (this part of her life story is worth the price of admission alone), and rises up to becoming dressmaker and friend to the Mary Todd Lincoln and her husband. Keckley writes in a way that is really engaging, even 150 years on, and had the incredible foresight to know what details to record for future generations.

[Susan Findling]

Interesting read about the relationship between Elizabeth Keckley (Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker and friend) and Mary Todd Lincoln.