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Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Jean Harvey Baker

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Summary

This biography of Mary Todd, daughter of the founders of Lexington, Kentucky and later wife of Abraham Lincoln, is a story of struggle in early America, which includes an absorbing account of life in the White House, and, following Lincoln's assassination, Mary Lincoln's life as a widow.

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Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Jean Harvey Baker

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.

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ISBN 13 9780393305869
ISBN 10 0393305864
Title Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography
Author Jean Harvey Baker
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 1989-04-17
Number of pages 448
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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