LEADER 02844nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910973668903321 005 20240401155226.0 010 $a1-280-69759-8 010 $a9786613674555 010 $a0-8093-8604-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040277 035 $a(EBL)1354590 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000535672 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11344639 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535672 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10522984 035 $a(PQKB)10952041 035 $a(OCoLC)742517206 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3608 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354590 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10480832 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367455 035 $a(OCoLC)817089178 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354590 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040277 100 $a20100225d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe dark days of Abraham Lincoln's widow, as revealed by her own letters /$fMyra Helmer Pritchard ; edited and annotated by Jason Emerson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (210 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8093-3924-2 311 08$a0-8093-3012-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Cover 330 $aWritten 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 Mary 606 $aPresidents' spouses$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aMental illness$zUnited States$vCase studies 615 0$aPresidents' spouses 615 0$aMental illness 676 $a973.7092 676 $aB 700 $aPritchard$b Myra Helmer$f-1947.$01870641 701 $aEmerson$b Jason$f1975-$01803854 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973668903321 996 $aThe dark days of Abraham Lincoln's widow, as revealed by her own letters$94479162 997 $aUNINA