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The Madness of Mary Lincoln is the first examination of Mary Lincoln's mental illness based on the lost letters, and the first new interpretation of the insanity case in twenty years. This compelling story of the purported insanity of one of America's most tragic first ladies provides new...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Emerson, Jason, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Lincoln, Mary Todd, > 1818-1882 > Mental health.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Family.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Lincoln, Mary Todd, > 1818-1882
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
Mental illness > United States > Case studies.
Maladies mentales > États-Unis > Études de cas.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Families
Mental health
Mental illness
Presidents' spouses
United States
collective biographies.
Biographies
Case studies
Biographies.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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  • Appendix 1 : Unpublished Mary Todd Lincoln letters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.

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