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Mary Todd Lincoln : A Biography by Jean H. Baker (1989, Trade Paperback)

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Item specifics

Condition
Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
ISBN
9780393305869

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393305864
ISBN-13
9780393305869
eBay Product ID (ePID)
148739

Product Key Features

Book Title
Mary Todd Lincoln : a Biography
Number of Pages
1 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Historical
Publication Year
1989
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Author
Jean H. Baker
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
4.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
86-023757
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
973.7092 B
Synopsis
Mary Todd, daughter of the founders of Lexington, Kentucky, was raised in a world of frontier violence. First abandoned at the age of six when her mother died, Mary later fled a hostile stepmother for Springfield, where she met and, after a stormy romance, married the raw Illinois attorney, Abraham Lincoln. Their marriage lasted for twenty five years until his assassination, from which Mary never fully recovered. The desperate measures she took to win the acknowledgement she sought all her life led finally to the shock of a public insanity hearing instigated by her eldest son., A privileged daughter of the proud clan that founded Lexington, Kentucky, Mary Todd (1818-1882) was raised in a world of frontier violence. Subjected to her first abandonment at age six when her mother died, Mary later fled a hostile stepmother for Springfield, where she met and, after a stormy romance, married the raw Illinois attorney, Abraham Lincoln. For twenty-five years the Lincolns forged opposing temperaments into a tolerant, loving marriage. Mary was at her husband's side on the night of his assassination, and never recovered from that greatest in a series of grievous abandonments. The desperate measures she took to win the acknowledgment she sought all her life led finally to the shock of a public insanity hearing instigated by her eldest son. In this elegant biography, Jean Baker uses previously untapped letters and documents to portray a woman whose will carried her across the recognized boundaries of female behavior. Book jacket., This definitive biography of Mary Todd Lincoln beautifully conveys her tumultuous life and times. A privileged daughter of the proud clan that founded Lexington, Kentucky, Mary fell into a stormy romance with the raw Illinois attorney Abraham Lincoln. For twenty-five years the Lincolns forged opposing temperaments into a tolerant, loving marriage. Even as the nation suffered secession and civil war, Mary experienced the tragedies of losing three of her four children and then her husband. An insanity trial orchestrated by her surviving son led to her confinement in an asylum. Mary Todd Lincoln is still often portrayed in one dimension, as the stereotype of the best-hated faults of all women. Here her life is restored for us whole.
LC Classification Number
E457.905

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