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Title The Mary Lincoln enigma [electronic resource] : historians on America's most controversial First Lady / edited by Frank J. Williams and Michael Burkhimer.

Publisher Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012.
LOCATION CALL NO.
 Electronic Book
Collation 1 online resource (xi, 376 p.) : ill.
Series eBooks on EBSCOhost
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / Frank J. Williams -- There's something about Mary: Mary Lincoln and her siblings / Stephen Berry -- Mary Lincoln, race, and slavery / Brian Dirck -- Life at Eighth and Jackson / Richard Lawrence Miller -- "An unladylike profession": Mary Lincoln's preparation for greatness / Kenneth J. Winkle -- William H. Herndon and Mary Todd Lincoln / Douglas L. Wilson -- "I am so fond of sightseeing": Mary Lincoln's travels up to 1865 / Wayne C. Temple -- Fashion plate or trendsetter? / Donna McCreary -- The reports of the Lincolns' political partnership have been greatly exaggerated / Michael Burkhimer -- A psychiatrist looks at Mrs. Lincoln / James S. Brust -- "I miss Bob, so much": Mary Lincoln's relationship with her oldest son / Jason Emerson -- Mary Lincoln among the novelists: fictional interpretations of the First Lady / Richard W. Etulain -- "I look too stern": Mary Lincoln and her image in the graphic arts / Harold Holzer -- Epilogue: the compelling Mrs. Lincoln / Catherine Clinton.
Note Description based on print version record.
Access restricted to authorized Chapman University students, faculty, and staff.
Subject Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Family.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical bisacsh
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) bisacsh
Alt Author Williams, Frank J.
Burkhimer, Michael, 1973-
ISBN 9780809331253 (electronic bk.)
080933125X (electronic bk.)
9780809331246
0809331241