{"product_id":"they-knew-lincoln-9780190270964","title":"They Knew Lincoln","description":"Originally published in 1942 and now reprinted for the first time, \u003cem\u003eThey Knew Lincoln \u003c\/em\u003eis a classic in African American history and Lincoln studies. Part memoir and part history, the book is an account of John E. Washington's childhood among African Americans in Washington, DC, and of the black\u003cbr\u003epeople who knew or encountered Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWashington recounted stories told by his grandmother's elderly friends--stories of escaping from slavery, meeting Lincoln in the Capitol, learning of the president's assassination, and hearing ghosts at Ford's Theatre. He also mined the US government archives and researched little-known figures in\u003cbr\u003eLincoln's life, including William Johnson, who accompanied Lincoln from Springfield to Washington, and William Slade, the steward in Lincoln's White House. Washington was fascinated from childhood by the question of how much African Americans themselves had shaped Lincoln's views on slavery and\u003cbr\u003erace, and he believed Lincoln's Haitian-born barber, William de Fleurville, was a crucial influence. Washington also extensively researched Elizabeth Keckly, the dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln, and advanced a new theory of who helped her write her controversial book, \u003cem\u003eBehind the Scenes, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA new introduction by Kate Masur places Washington's book in its own context, explaining the contents of \u003cem\u003eThey Knew Lincoln \u003c\/em\u003ein light of not only the era of emancipation and the Civil War, but also Washington's own times, when the nation's capital was a place of great opportunity and creativity for\u003cbr\u003emembers of the African American elite. On publication, a reviewer noted that the collection of Negro stories, memories, legends about Lincoln seemed to fill such an obvious gap in the material about Lincoln that one wonders why no one ever did it before. This edition brings it back to print for\u003cbr\u003ea twenty-first century readership that remains fascinated with Abraham Lincoln.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John E. Washington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190270964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn E. Washington\u003c\/strong\u003e (1880-1964) was a public school teacher, dentist, amateur historian, and collector of Lincolniana who lived in Washington, DC and Highland Beach, Maryland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKate Masur\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches in the Department of History at Northwestern University. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eAn Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C. \u003c\/em\u003eand the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe World the Civil War Made\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929198805107,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ee12aa91-73ce-409d-882b-b450cdedb7fb.jpg?v=1647611033","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/they-knew-lincoln-9780190270964","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}