The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow, As Revealed by Her Own Letters

Written In 1927 But Barred From Timely Publication By The Lincoln Family, This Book 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 1920s 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 Book At The Behest Of Her Mother, Who Wished To Vindicate Mary Lincoln In The Public Eye By Printing The Private Correspondence. Pritchard Fervently Defends Mrs. Lincoln's Conduct And Sanity, Arguing That She Was Not Insane But Rather The Victim Of An Overzealous Son Who Had His Mother Committed. --from Inside Jacket. Acknowledgments (starting P. Vii) -- Editor's Introduction (starting P. Ix) -- Chapter 1 (starting P. 2) -- Chapter 2 (starting P. 24) -- Chapter 3 (starting P. 40) -- Chapter 4 (starting P. 60) -- Chapter 5 (starting P. 72) -- Chapter 6 (starting P. 90) -- Chapter 7 (starting P. 102) -- Chapter 8 (starting P. 116) -- Chapter 9 (starting P. 132) -- Editor's Epilogue (starting P. 150) -- Notes (starting P. 157) -- Bibliography (starting P. 175) -- Index (starting P. 181) Myra Helmer Pritchard ; Edited And Annotated By Jason Emerson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.