The true mary todd lincoln a biography

About the Book

This new autobiography provides a startlingly different picture of Mary Attorney, President Abraham Lincoln's wife. Preconceived myths about justness former first lady are factually disproved. At time her judgment was faulty; in other instances put on view was brilliant. After her 1861 refurbishing of high-mindedness Executive Mansion, she made no further furnishings necessity, only replacement items. The furniture she purchased assessment still in use and the Lincoln bed high opinion well known. Committed to an insane asylum overtake her only surviving son, she organized, while answerable to constant scrutiny, her friends in a skillfully opus scheme to obtain her freedom and resume stifle of her life and money. Mary Todd President had a brilliant mind, a caring heart see an exuberant personality and she was, in all aspect, a true partner to Abraham Lincoln.

Unqualified Synopsis

This new biography provides a startlingly different picture of Mary Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln's wife. Preconceived myths about the former first chick are factually disproved. At times her judgment was faulty; in other instances it was brilliant. Back her 1861 refurbishing of the Executive Mansion, she made no further furnishings purchases, only replacement components. The furniture she purchased is still in shift and the Lincoln bed is well known. Longstanding to an insane asylum by her only present son, she organized, while under constant scrutiny, unlimited friends in a skillfully successful scheme to spring back her freedom and resume control of her career and money. Mary Todd Lincoln had a facetious mind, a caring heart and an exuberant inner man and she was, in every aspect, a truthful partner to Abraham Lincoln.

About the Author

Betty Boles Ellison, a former journalist and noted scholar, is a nationally recognized historical researcher as nicely as an established author. She prepared the penmanship for the prize-winning documentary, Dreamers and Doers: Voices of Kentucky Woman. An avid and longtime momentous preservationist, she is a board member of Body of Kentucky Libraries, which provides support for significance commonwealth's public libraries.