from book58lover

An excellent companion to [Giant in the shadows : the life of Robert T. Lincoln]. Emerson alludes to Mary Lincoln's mental difficulties, but I didn't realize the extent of the issues until reading this book. Not only am I more clear on the Todd family illnesses, but I understand the connections w...

from LeahsChoice

Mary Todd Lincoln was indeed a pitiful woman, undoubtedly suffering from a mental illness. Her siblings were an odd bunch, and in a couple of instances, completely revolting, like the brother who was the commandant of a Richmond prison. This book points out Lincoln's kindness and patience with hi...

from estamm

Excellent book. I really liked the essentially mini-biographies of Mary Todd Lincolns brothers and sisters, and what all they did during the Civil War, and what kind of an impact they had on Lincoln himself. I had no idea that one of Mary's brothers was a commander of a Confederate prison camp fo...

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I love to read History books, around this time period and era of History in Our Country. And Seeing it thru the lens of President Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln

from RachelfromSarasota

I'm ashamed to say it, but even as a U.S. history teacher, I was unaware of how close Abraham Lincoln was to his wife's relatives; and even more ignorant of the fact that most of her family were staunch Confederates. Lincoln had few close relatives of his own blood, and the Todds seem to have fil...