Originally published in 1868--when it was attacked as an "indecent book" authored by a "traitorous eavesdropper"-- Behind the Scenes is the story of Elizabeth Keckley, who began her life as a Slave and became a privileged witness to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
She became modiste to Mary Todd Lincoln and in time her friend and confidante, a relationship that continue.
Keckley bought her freedom at the age of thirty-seven and set up a successful dressmaking business in Washington, D.
C.
Originally published in 1868--when it was attacked as an "indecent book" authored by a "traitorous eavesdropper"-- Behind the Scenes is the story of Elizabeth Keckley, who began her life as a Slave and became a privileged witness to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln
