The Lincolns: A Family Defined by Tragedy

The highlights of Abraham Lincoln’s political career are well-known, but his tragic personal life, and that of Mary Todd Lincoln, are all but ignored in American history classes. Learn gripping parts of the story that may be new to you. The death of Ann Rutledge, a young woman some scholars believe was Lincoln’s only true love, may have triggered the future president’s life-threatening depression. Did Mary Todd know about Ann Rutledge when she married Lincoln? Three of Abraham and Mary Lincoln's four sons died before age nineteen, two of them before Lincoln was assassinated. How did the First Lady and family survive these tragedies? Overcome with grief after son Willie and husband Abraham died, Mary embraced spiritualism in the hope of contacting her departed loved ones. Was Mary’s sorrow alleviated, or did she descend deeper into misery and despair? Mary’s four-month confinement in a “lunatic asylum” and her son Robert’s role in his mother’s incarceration. Was Mary insane, or did Robert have an ulterior motive? Did Mary attempt suicide? Did she try to kill Robert, her only surviving son? Dig deeper into the dramatic lens of life with the Lincolns.
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Author/Artist:Bryjak, George J
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