{"product_id":"mseo-60667030-1","title":"BEHIND THE SCENES","description":"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. Keckley bought her freedom at the age of thirty-seven and set up a successful dressmaking business in Washington, D.C. She became modiste to Mary Todd Lincoln and in time her friend and confidante, a relationship that continued after Lincoln's assassination. In documenting that friendship-often using the First Lady's own letters-Behind the Scenes fuses the slave narrative with the political memoir. It remains extraordinary for its poignancy, candor, and historical perspective. -First time in Penguin Classics","brand":"Penguin Putnam","offers":[{"title":"Book \/ Standard","offer_id":47879726334090,"sku":"009062194","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0587\/7642\/files\/9780143039242.jpg?v=1774629327","url":"https:\/\/cincinnati.bkstr.com\/products\/mseo-60667030-1","provider":"University of Cincinnati Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}