Author:
Clinton, Catherine, 1952-
Imprint:New York : HarperCollins, 2009.
Descriptionviii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Kentucky homes -- Making her own hoops to jump through -- Athens of the West -- "Crimes of matrimony" -- "Profound wonders" -- Playing for keeps -- Enlarging our borders -- Hope that all will yet be well -- Dashed hopes -- Grand designs gone awry -- Struggling against sorrows -- Gloomy anniversaries -- Divided houses -- With victory in view -- Waking nightmares -- Widow of the martyr president -- Rising from the ashes -- Smoldering embers.
Note:A profile of Mary Todd Lincoln evaluates how her life reflected nineteenth-century America, discussing her aristocratic family, her experiences as a southerner married to a northern politician, and her struggles with the deaths of her husband and children.
