An unlikely friendship

Description

On the night of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, his frantic wife, Mary, calls for her best friend and confidante, Elizabeth Keckley, but the woman is mistakenly kept from her side by guards who were unaware of Mary Todd Lincoln's close friendship with the black seamstress. How did these two women--one who grew up in a wealthy Southern home and became the wife of the president of the United States, the other who was born a slave and eventually purchased her own freedom--come to be such close companions? With vivid detail and emotional power, Ann Rinaldi delves into the childhoods of these two fascinating women who became devoted friends and confidantes amid the turbulent times of the Lincoln administration. (from Fold3: http://www.fold3.com/page/2053_elizabeth_hobbs_keckly_18181907/)

Description

Relates the lives of Mary Todd Lincoln, raised in a wealthy Virginia family, and Lizzy Keckley, a dressmaker born a slave, as they grow up separately then become best friends when Mary's childhood dream of living in the White House comes true.

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Genres

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction

Series Statement

• Harcourt great episodes

Other Editions

• An unlikely friendship: the childhoods of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth KeckleyHarcourt2006-01-01
• An Unlikely FriendshipHarcourt2007-01-01