Mrs. Lincoln : a life / Catherine Clinton.
Title:
Mrs. Lincoln : a life / Catherine Clinton.
ISBN:
9780060760403
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Harper, [2009]
©2009
Physical Description:
viii, 415 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents:
Kentucky homes -- Making her own hoops to jump through -- Athens of the West -- "Crimes of matrimony" -- "Profound wonders" -- Playing for keeps -- Enlarging our borders -- Hope that all will yet be well -- Dashed hopes -- Grand designs gone awry -- Struggling against sorrows -- Gloomy anniversaries -- Divided houses -- With victory in view -- Waking nightmares -- Widow of the martyr president -- Rising from the ashes -- Smoldering embers.
Summary:
Historian Clinton draws on important new research to illuminate the remarkable life of Mary Lincoln. Her story is inextricably tied with her husband's presidency, yet her life is an extraordinary chronicle on its own.--From publisher description.
Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
ocn294847555
Availability:
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