Image for An Unlikely Friendship

An Unlikely Friendship

A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley

by Ann Rinaldi

Synopsis

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.
With vivid detail and emotional power, Ann Rinaldi delves into the childhoods of two fascinating women who became devoted friends amid the turbulent times of the Lincoln administration.
Includes an author’s note, a reader’s guide, and a bibliography.

Available format(s):

VOICEText (H)

Log in to read

What's an Audio Format

Book Information

Copyright year 2009
ISBN-13 9780152063986
ISBN-10 0152063986
Class Copyright
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Subject Fiction;Juvenile Fiction
File Size 75 MB
Number of Pages 256
Shelf No. KP591
Grade Range 4 - 8
Ages 10
Lexile 740L