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Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House (Penguin Classics) (6th Edition) by Elizabeth H. Keckley, William L. Andrews (Introduction) Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-14-303924-5 / 0143039245 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-303924-2 / 9780143039242 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 a |