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BL
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634560
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dltt
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Ellison, Betty Boles
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| Title & Author
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The true Mary Todd Lincoln : : a biography /\ Betty Boles Ellison.
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x, 288 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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9780786478361 (softcover : alk. paper)
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: 0786478365 (softcover : alk. paper)
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9781476615172 (ebook)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-278) and index.
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| Contents
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Mary spreads her wings -- Deeds not words -- A new mother -- The unsavory business of slavery -- The Todds move -- Married life begins -- Letters tell their story -- Laying a presidential foundation -- "Mary, we are elected!" -- Inauguration -- Furnishing the president's house -- Dirty politics -- Slings and arrows -- In the blink of an eye -- Pivotal year of 1863 -- Election time, again -- Love is eternal -- Europe beckons -- Fire and brimstone -- All that remains.
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| Abstract
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"This biography provides a different picture of Mary Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln's wife. Preconceived myths about the former first lady are disproved. At times her judgment was faulty; in other instances it was brilliant. Mary Todd Lincoln had a brilliant mind, a caring heart and an exuberant personality and she was a true partner to Abraham Lincoln"--
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| Subject
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Lincoln, Mary Todd,1818-1882.
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Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865-- Family.
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Presidents' spouses-- United States, Biography.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.7092B
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| LC Classification
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E457.25.L55E45 2014
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