Originally Posted by jeank

I just finished Jennifer Chiaverini’s latest book, Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker.
This is one of her better books. I give it a good review.

I was wondering how much was true and how much was fiction, Jennifer stayed with the facts, embellishing only to make an interesting story. I located this biography of Elizabeth which I found interesting to back up the facts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Keckly

If you would like to read the book that is mentioned in the story, I found it free for the Kindle on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Scenes-...+years+a+slave

The recent movie on Lincoln showed Elizabeth Keckly in the box at Ford’s theater when President Lincoln was shot. She was not there, I found no references to indicate that she was present. Jennifer Chiaverini’s version is more likely.

Jean