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New York Times best-selling creator Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the extraordinary a friendly relationship between Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a past slave who acquired her liberty by the skill of her needle, and the a friendly relationship of the First Girl by her devotion. In Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, novelist Jennifer Chiaverini presents a stunning accounts of the a friendly relationship that blossomed between Mary Todd Lincoln and her seamstress, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Keckley, a past slave who gained her professional reputation in Washington, D.C. by outfitting the city's top notch. Keckley made history by sewing for First Girl Mary Todd Lincoln within the White House, a reliable witness to numerous private moments between your President and his wife, two of the most compelling information in American history. In March 1861, Mrs. Lincoln decided to go with Keckley from among a number of people to be her personal "modiste", responsible not limited to creating the First Lady's dresses, but also for dressing Mrs. Lincoln in the beautiful attire Keckley experienced fashioned. The partnership between your two women quickly improved, as Keckley was attracted into the intimate life of the Lincoln family, helping Mary Todd Lincoln in the loss of first her son, and then her partner to the assassination that stunned the country and the world. Keckley saved scraps from the a large number of gowns she designed for Mrs. Lincoln, eventually piecing together a tribute known as the Mary Todd Lincoln Quilt. She also saved stories, which she designed into a publication, Behind the Displays: Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. Upon its publication, Keckley's memoir created a scandal that compelled Mary Todd Lincoln to sever all ties with her, however in the generations since, Keckley's account has languished in the archives. With this impeccably researched, engrossing book, Chiaverini brings history alive in abundant, moving style.
