Author

Publication

2007 - Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL

Language

English

Word Count

63,750 words, Guess

Page Count

255 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCE
  • LCCE457.25.L55 E46 2007

Description

The Madness of Mary Lincoln is the first examination of Mary Lincoln's mental illness based on the lost letters, and the first new interpretation of the insanity case in twenty years. This compelling story of the purported insanity of one of America's most tragic first ladies provides new and previously unpublished materials, including the psychiatric diagnosis of Mary's mental illness and her lost will. This book reveals Abraham Lincoln's understanding of his wife's mental illness and the degree to which he helped keep her stable. It also traces Mary's life after her husband's assassination, including her severe depression and physical ailments, the harsh public criticism she endured, the Old Clothes Scandal, and the death of her son Tad. -- from publisher's description.

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  • The madness of Mary LincolnSouthern Illinois University Press2007-01-01

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