Description |
xiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-250) and index. |
Contents |
Much like an April day -- A most painful time of anxiety -- No right to remain upon earth -- Of unsound mind -- Mrs. Lincoln admitted today -- It does not appear that God is good -- No more insane than I am -- A deeply wronged woman -- Resignation will never come -- To be destroyed immediately -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 : Unpublished Mary Todd Lincoln letters -- Appendix 2 : Legal documents pertaining to the sale and destruction of the Mary Lincoln insanity letters -- Appendix 3 : The psychiatric illness of Mary Lincoln / James S. Brust, M.D. |
Subject |
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Mental health.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Family.
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Mental illness -- United States -- Case studies.
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ISBN |
9780809327713 (alk. paper) |
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0809327716 (alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
AU@ 000041249085 |
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