Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker [electronic resource] / Jennifer Chiaverini.
New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini has a gift for transporting listeners into the past for riveting explorations of how seemingly ordinary women overcome extraordinary circumstances. In this departure from her beloved Elm Creek Quilts series, Chiaverini weaves a historical fiction tale profiling the life of Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who would become a dressmaker for Mary Todd Lincoln. A character largely forgotten to history, Keckley blossoms under Chiaverini's masterful writing.
Electronic resources
Record details
- ISBN: 9781470327606
- ISBN: 1470327600
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (840 min.)) : digital.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2013.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
Content descriptions
- Restrictions on Access Note:
- Flex title available through hoopla.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Christina Moore.
- System Details Note:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- Subject:
- History > Fiction.
Literature > Fiction.
Political science > Fiction. - Genre:
- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Summary:
New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini has a gift for transporting listeners into the past for riveting explorations of how seemingly ordinary women overcome extraordinary circumstances. In this departure from her beloved Elm Creek Quilts series, Chiaverini weaves a historical fiction tale profiling the life of Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who would become a dressmaker for Mary Todd Lincoln. A character largely forgotten to history, Keckley blossoms under Chiaverini's masterful writing.
