{"product_id":"behind-the-scenes-or-thirty-years-a-slave-and-four-years-in-the-white-house-9780143039242","title":"Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House","description":"Originally 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.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst time in Penguin Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143039242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Elizabeth Keckley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107745034421,"sku":"9780143039242","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_18e55c4c-a11c-4d3d-b93b-37a5f8cba92f.jpg?v=1765862113","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/behind-the-scenes-or-thirty-years-a-slave-and-four-years-in-the-white-house-9780143039242","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}