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Mary: The Biography of Mary Todd Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln is often tossed around as history’s ‘difficult’ First Lady, a woman lost in grief and scandal. But what if all those labels miss the messy, stubborn, fiercely political woman she really was? Jean H. Baker’s biography peels back the clichés to show a woman battling personal tragedy, public scorn, and her own demons—without sugarcoating a single thing.
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