A review by erynlasbelin
Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House: Memoirs of an African-American Seamstress by Elizabeth Keckley

4.0

It's little wonder that Mrs. Lincoln and Elizabeth's other friends felt betrayed by this book. It reveals a great deal of personal information about their lives, information that they surely did not want the whole country to know. (Supposedly, Elizabeth did not want the letters published, and that was the fault of her editor - still, she handed them in.) But it's for that very reason that this book is so valuable to anyone interested in American history.