1818-1882

Traces the lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln from their very different childhoods to the White House, providing insights into their public images, their marriage, and the effects of Abe's assassination on the nation, and on Mary's sanity.

Examines the family life and political career of Abraham Lincoln with emphasis on his relationship with his wife.

A dual biography of Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary, using photographs, letters, engravings, and cartoons to look at their childhoods, courtship, marriage, children, and other joys and traumas of their years together, including their deaths.

Traces the story of Mary Todd Lincoln's family, who were split between North and South during the Civil War, and describes how the war affected them and how the Todd family's divided loyalties impacted Abraham Lincoln's presidency.

Examines the events surrounding Mary Lincoln's insanity case, based in part on the discovery in 2005 of twenty-five letters, some written by Mary from the asylum to which her son Robert had her committed in 1875, and presents evidence to support the author's theory that the president's wife suffered from bipolar disorder.

Presents a fictionalized account of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave.

Describes the lives of Mary Todd Lincoln and sought-after dressmaker Elizabeth Keckly, a freed slave, and examines the role Elizabeth played in Mary's turbulent life before and after the president's assassination.