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On the night of President Abraham Lincoln’s murder, his busy wife, Mary, requires her closest friend and confidante, Elizabeth Keckley. However the lady is erroneously stored from her part by guards who were ignorant of Mary Todd Lincoln’s near companionship with the black seamstress.     With brilliant depth and psychological energy, Ann Rinaldi goes in to the childhoods of two intriguing women who became committed friends amid the tumultuous times of the Lincoln administration.     Contains an author’s notice, a reader’s manual, and a bibliography.