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- GLC#
- GLC05839
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1868
- Author/Creator
- Keckley, Elizabeth, fl. 1818-1907
- Title
- Behind the scenes. By Elizabeth Keckley, formerly a slave, yet more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln...
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 v. : 379 p. : Height: 19 cm, Width: 13.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
(title continues)... or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House. 371 pages, followed by eight pages of advertisements. Published by G. W. Carleton & Co. Contains a print of Keckley opposite title page. Discusses her service to Jefferson Davis, among other topics. Appendix includes letters from Mary Lincoln to Keckley.
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