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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Mary Todd Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln; Mary Todd Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jean H Baker |
| ISBN: | 9780393333039 0393333035 |
| OCLC Number: | 227016448 |
| Description: | xxiii, 429 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface to the 2008 edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- First family : Parkers and Todds -- A second family -- Mary Todd's Lexington -- Springfield courtship -- Domestic portrait : the Springfield years -- The politics of marriage -- First Lady -- A vanishing circle -- Mrs. Widow Lincoln : the first years -- Exile and return -- Trial and confinement -- Last years. |
| Responsibility: | Jean H. Baker. |
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Abstract:
A privileged daughter of the proud clan that founded Lexington, Kentucky, Mary Todd Lincoln 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. This is a biography of Mary that conveys her tumultuous life and times.
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