Lives & Memoirs
Behind the Scenes
Elizabeth Keckley
1868
6h 8m
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She bought her own freedom for twelve hundred dollars and ended up dressing the First Lady. Elizabeth Keckley was Mary Lincoln's modiste and confidante, in the room through the war years and after the assassination, and when she published what she had seen, Washington closed against her and the friendship was finished.
Inside this audiobook
18 chapters
- 1Preface9m
- 2Ch. 1 - Where I was Born20m
- 3Ch. 2 - Girlhood and its12m
- 4Ch. 3 - How I Gained My F20m
- 5Ch. 4 - In the Family of14m
- 6Ch. 5 - My Introduction t15m
- 7Ch. 6 - Willie Lincoln's18m
- 8Ch. 7 - Washington 1862-314m
- 9Ch. 8 - Candid Opinions14m
- 10Ch. 9 - Behind the Scenes13m
- 11Ch. 10 - The Second Inaug22m
- 12Ch. 11 - The Assassinatio29m
- 13Ch. 12 - Mrs. Lincoln Lea27m
- 14Ch. 13 - Origin of the Ri12m
- 15Ch. 14 - Old Friends26m
- 16Ch. 15 Part 1 - Secret Hi33m
- 17Ch. 15 Part 2 - Secret Hi29m
- 18Appendix - Letters from M39m
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