{"product_id":"behind-the-scenes-or-thirty-years-a-slave-and-four-years-in-the-white-house-penguin-classics-0143039245","title":"Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House (Penguin Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0143039245\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keckley, Elizabeth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1868-when it was attacked as an indecent book authored by a traitorous eavesdropper-Behind the Scenes 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 Lincolns assassination. In documenting that friendship-often using the First Ladys own letters-Behind the Scenes fuses the slave narrative with the political memoir. It remains extraordinary for its poignancy, candor, and historical perspective.First time in Penguin Classics\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51916207423776,"sku":"NEW0143039245","price":14.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/behind-the-scenes-or-thirty-years-a-slave-and-four-years-in-the-white-house-penguin-classics-0143039245","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}