Top 10 Best "Mary Todd Lincoln" Books

The Madness of Mary Lincoln

Jason Emerson
Dr. James S Brust MD

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The Addiction of Mary Todd Lincoln eBook

Anne Beidler

Mary Todd Lincoln

The Addiction of Mary Todd Lincoln eBook

Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the president we have immortalized, has ­always been difficult for us to understand. She could appear poised and ­brilliant one moment, yet rude and ugly the next. Sometimes competent and strong, able to entertain dignitaries from around the world, at other times she ­appeared dependent and weak. At times she seemed utterly beside ­herself with sobbing and screaming. Historians have mostly avoided saying very much about Mary Todd ­Lincoln except in reference to her husband, Abraham. To many it would seem that Mary Todd Lincoln is still an embarrassment in the tragic story of her martyred husband. But Mary Todd Lincoln lived her own tragic story even before Abraham was murdered. She was an addict, addicted to the opiates she needed for her migraine headaches. Seeing Mary Todd Lincoln as an addict helps us understand her and give her the compassion and admiration she deserves. In her time there had been no courageous First Lady like Betty Ford to help people ­understand the power of addiction. There was no treatment center. In Ma...

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The Emancipator's Wife (A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln)

Barbara Hambly

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Mary Todd Lincoln

Jean Harvey Baker

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Mrs. Lincoln

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An Unlikely Friendship

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The Addiction of Mary Todd Lincoln

Anne E. Beidler
Sabrina S. Beidler

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The Lincolns

Daniel Mark Epstein

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Mary Todd Lincoln

Jean Harvey Baker

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The Insanity File

In 1875 Robert Todd Lincoln caused his mother, Mary Todd Lincoln, to be committed to an insane asylum. Based on newly discovered manuscript materials, this book seeks to explain how and why.

In these documents-marked by Robert Todd Lincoln as the "MTL Insanity File"-exists the only definitive record of the tragic story of Mary Todd Lincoln's insanity trial. The book that results from these letters and documents addresses several areas of controversy in the life of the widow of Abraham Lincoln: the extent of her illness, the fairness of her trial, and the motives of those who had her committed for treatment. Related issues include the status of women under the law as well as the legal and medical treatment of insanity.

Speculating on the reasons for her mental condition, the authors note that Mrs. Lincoln suffered an extraordinary amount of tragedy in a relatively few years. Three of her four sons died very young, and Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. After the death of her son Willie she maintained a darkly rigorous mourning for nearly three years,...

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The Insanity File

Mark E. Neely Jr.
R. Gerald McMurtry

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