Mrs. Lincoln : a life / Catherine Clinton.

Historian Catherine 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 an aristocratic Kentucky family, she was an educated, well-connecte...

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Main Author: Clinton, Catherine, 1952-
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, [2009], ©2009.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:viii, 415 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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