The Mentelles : Mary Todd Lincoln, Henry Clay, and the Immigrant Family Who Educated Antebellum Kentucky /

Drawing on newly translated materials and previously overlooked primary sources, Randolph Paul Runyon explores the life and times of the Mentelles in this intriguing dual biography. He illustrates how the couple's origins and education gave them access to the higher strata of Bluegrass society...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Runyon, Randolph, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lincoln, Mary Todd, > 1818-1882.
Clay, Henry, > 1777-1852.
Mentelle, Charlotte Victoire, > 1770-1860.
Mentelle, Augustus Waldemar, > 1769-1846.
Schools, French.
Immigrants.
French Americans.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Écoles françaises > Kentucky > Lexington > Histoire.
Americains d'origine française > Kentucky > Biographies.
Schools, French > Kentucky > Lexington > History.
Immigrants > Kentucky > Biography.
French Americans > Kentucky > Biography.
Kentucky > Lexington.
Kentucky.
Lexington (Ky.) > History > 19th century.
Lexington (Ky.) > History > 18th century.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Drawing on newly translated materials and previously overlooked primary sources, Randolph Paul Runyon explores the life and times of the Mentelles in this intriguing dual biography. He illustrates how the couple's origins and education gave them access to the higher strata of Bluegrass society even as their views on religion, politics, and culture kept them from feeling at home in America.
Notas:Subtitle at bottom of data view title page: Mary Todd Lincoln, Henry Clay, and the immigrant family who educated Antebellum Kentucky.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (280 pages).
ISBN:9780813175393

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