[Rarebooks] fs: African Americans who knew Lincoln

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings booklovers,

Back Creek Books is pleased to offer:
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(No.    6617    )  Washington, John E. (1880-1964); Introduction by Carl 
Sandburg. THEY KNEW LINCOLN (INSCRIBED AND SIGNED).
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1942. First printing, Full cloth, 
Octavo, 244 pages + appendix, black & white photographs, facsimiles. 
Very good in a good dust jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
          Uncommon book capturing impressions of Abraham Lincoln by 
African Americans who personally knew and interacted with him. The 
historical record is weak in regard to Lincoln's personal relations with 
blacks and their perceptions of him and his attitudes toward them, and 
therefore this book fills a crucial gap in the Lincoln 
canon--particularly in light of today's revisionists who wish to cast 
Lincoln as a racist. Dr. John Washington, an African American dentist 
who grew up in the shadow of Ford's Theatre in the late 19th century, 
gathered these amazing stories through personal interviews with 
Lincoln's African American acquaintances or their children. Here are the 
testimonies of Lincoln's barbers in Illinois and Washington, white house 
servants, waiters, doorkeepers and others, all meticulously researched 
and verified while retaining their original vigor and color. There is a 
large section devoted to Mary Lincoln's seamstress and confidant 
Elizabeth Keckley, who was rendered much less enigmatic by Dr. 
Washington's groundbreaking research published here. The book includes 
previously unpublished photographs and Lincoln letters, including the 
first full transcript of an 1855 letter to Hon. George Robertson of 
Kentucky in which Lincoln speaks at length about his feelings on the 
issue of slavery. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Dr. Washington on title page. 
Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with yellow stamped lettering and 
rule to spine and upper board, yellow topstain, illustrated endpapers. A 
few shallow bumps to spine ends, lower edges of boards. Jacket has an 
angular 2.5" tear at lower edge of front panel at spine with some 
associated creases, some other minor edge wear. Very nice 
overall.......    $500.00
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