02846nam 2200637 a 450 991097366890332120240401155226.01-280-69759-897866136745550-8093-8604-6(CKB)2550000000040277(EBL)1354590(SSID)ssj0000535672(PQKBManifestationID)11344639(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535672(PQKBWorkID)10522984(PQKB)10952041(OCoLC)742517206(MdBmJHUP)muse3608(Au-PeEL)EBL1354590(CaPaEBR)ebr10480832(CaONFJC)MIL367455(OCoLC)817089178(MiAaPQ)EBC1354590(EXLCZ)99255000000004027720100225d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe dark days of Abraham Lincoln's widow, as revealed by her own letters /Myra Helmer Pritchard ; edited and annotated by Jason Emerson1st ed.Carbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20111 online resource (210 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-3924-2 0-8093-3012-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Front and back flaps; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Editor's Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Bios; Back CoverWritten in 1927 but barred from timely publication by the Lincoln family, The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters is based on nearly two dozen intimate letters written between Mary Lincoln and her close friend Myra Bradwell mainly during the former's 1875 incarceration in an insane asylum. By the 1920's most accounts of Mrs. Lincoln focused on her negative qualities and dismissed her as ""crazy."" Bradwell's granddaughter Myra Helmer Pritchard wrote this distinctly sympathetic manuscript at the behest of her mother, who wished to vindicate MaryPresidents' spousesUnited StatesBiographyMental illnessUnited StatesCase studiesPresidents' spousesMental illness973.7092BPritchard Myra Helmerd. 1947.1828980Emerson Jason1975-1803854MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973668903321The dark days of Abraham Lincoln's widow, as revealed by her own letters4398126UNINA