{"product_id":"behind-the-scenes-or-thirty-years-a-slave-and-four-years-in-the-white-house-paperback-7","title":"Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Keckley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam L. Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1868--when it was attacked as an \"indecent book\" authored by a \"traitorous eavesdropper\"--\u003cb\u003eBehind the Scenes\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of Elizabeth Keckley, who began her life as a slave and became a privileged witness to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Keckley bought her freedom at the age of thirty-seven and set up a successful dressmaking business in Washington, D.C. She became modiste to Mary Todd Lincoln and in time her friend and confidante, a relationship that continued after Lincoln's assassination. In documenting that friendship--often using the First Lady's own letters--\u003cb\u003eBehind the Scenes\u003c\/b\u003e fuses the slave narrative with the political memoir. It remains extraordinary for its poignancy, candor, and historical perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst time in Penguin Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907) was born a slave near Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia, and, after purchasing her freedom, became head of the Domestic Science Department at Wilberforce University in Ohio.\u003cbr\u003eWilliam L. Andrews is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003cb\u003eTo Tell a Free Story\u003c\/b\u003e and editor or coeditor of more than thirty books on African American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45761389166789,"sku":"9780143039242","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/CqgOOe8Oa9780143039242.webp?v=1770330109","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/behind-the-scenes-or-thirty-years-a-slave-and-four-years-in-the-white-house-paperback-7","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}