Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters [Hardcover]

Justin G. Turner (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The Turners draw on about half of the 610 extant letters written by Mary Todd Lincoln and present a comprehensive portrait of Lincoln's bitterly unhappy wife. PW stated that "a unique self-portrait emerges, fleshed out and illuminated by the well-written narrative supplied by the editors."
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Random House Inc (T); 1st edition (September 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394466438
• ISBN-13: 978-0394466439
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,110,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mary Todd Lincoln speaks for herself, August 23, 2007

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Richard Lawrence Miller, Lincoln author (Kansas City MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters (Paperback)

The correspondence of Mary Todd Lincoln reveals much about her personalty, and also demonstrates her memory's occasional fallibility. Includes letters dating from the 1840s and into her widowhood. Rewarding for the specialist. A general reader will probably want to dip into the book occasionally rather than read long sections at a time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, August 2, 2010

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Mary Lincoln ""Pam"" (Springfield, IL, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters (Paperback)

This book is an excellent resource of historical information on Mary Lincoln, her life. I am a Mary Lincoln presenter, and I find that this book is an excellent historical account of her life through her letters.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellant choice!!!!!!!!!!, February 11, 2010

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Kimberly A. Perdue "frogina" (WABASH, INDIANA, US) - See all my reviews
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Hello!!!!!!!! This was a Christmas Gift for my Mother. She has been wanting some books about Mary Todd Lincoln for some time and this was a GREAT FIND!!!!!!!! It came just in time and was in EXCELLANT condition and packaged well!!!!!! THANKS sooooooooo MUCH to the sender!!!!!!! AGAIN THANKS SO SO MUCH FOR MY MOTHERS GREAT CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!! Kim Perdue