Best biography of mary todd lincoln

I was so excited when I realized my Booking It Through History: First Ladies planerat arbete had Mary Lincoln as the focus for April. That month is one of the most important months in her own history as well as Civil War history. inom have read many books about Mary over the years and was excited to add even more to my list as I focused on her sad life.

Each month, I’ll detail the life of the first lady and their legacy. Then I’ll share what I learned while studying them, along with ways you can travel in their footsteps through historical sites and museums. I’ll also share books, podcasts, TV shows, and websites where you can learn even more about that first lady. Read all of the way through the blog post or click on the links below to go straight to those sections.

Life

Childhood 

Mary Todd was born into a wealthy and prominent family in usa, Kentucky on December 13, Her father, Robert, was a descendent of the founder of Lexington and was an owner of a flourishing dry g

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Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography (Paperback)

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"A striking success…the account of the White House years is absorbing, the account of Mary Lincoln's life as a widow utterly compelling." —New York Times

This definitive biography of Mary Todd Lincoln beautifully conveys her tumultuous life and times. A privileged daughter of the proud clan that founded Lexington, Kentucky, Mary fell into a stormy romance with the raw Illinois attorney Abraham Lincoln. For twenty-five years the Lincolns forged opposing temperaments into a tolerant, loving marriage. Even as the nation suffered secession and civil war, Mary experienced the tragedies of losing three of her fo

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Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography

September 21,

Let me preface this by saying I really give this book stars. I think the author really worked at trying to make Mrs. Lincoln a likeable personality, and that's just not possible. Having said that, here is my review

Page one and she's already accused of being a shrew and a termagant. I kept waiting for harpy.
By the age of seven, she had already suffered the following: the loss of family place to a first born son; the death of a infant brother; the loss of her middle name, Ann, to a new sister; and the acquirement of a stepmother after the death of her biological mother to puerperal fever. This is when my pity starts to set in. Mary Todd, whose father is extremely absent from her childhood, develops a hole, either in her soul or her heart, that she ventures to fill the remainder of her life. She was, however, very well educated for a female in the nineteenth century, studying history, arithmetic, geography, natural science, reading, wri