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The insanity file : the case of Mary Todd Lincoln / Mark E. Neely, Jr., R. Gerald McMurtry.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 1993.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 203 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585099332
  • 9780585099330
  • 9780809318957
  • 0809318954
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Insanity file.DDC classification:
  • 973.7/092 B 20
LOC classification:
  • E457.25.L55 N44 1993eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations List; Foreword; Preface; 1. The Trial; 2. Commitment; Gallery 1; 3. Release; 4. The Experiment; 5. A New Trial; Gallery 2; 6. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Index; Author Bios; Back Cover
Summary: In 1875 Robert Todd Lincoln caused his mother, Mary Todd Lincoln, to be committed to an insane asylum. Based on newly discovered manuscript materials, this book seeks to explain how and why.In these documents- marked by Robert Todd Lincoln as the ""MTL Insanity File""- exists the only definitive record of the tragic story of Mary Todd Lincoln' s insanity trial. The book that results from these letters and documents addresses several areas of controversy in the life of the widow of Abraham Lincoln: the extent of her illness, the fairness of her trial, and the.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and index.

Print version record.

Front Cover; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations List; Foreword; Preface; 1. The Trial; 2. Commitment; Gallery 1; 3. Release; 4. The Experiment; 5. A New Trial; Gallery 2; 6. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Index; Author Bios; Back Cover

In 1875 Robert Todd Lincoln caused his mother, Mary Todd Lincoln, to be committed to an insane asylum. Based on newly discovered manuscript materials, this book seeks to explain how and why.In these documents- marked by Robert Todd Lincoln as the ""MTL Insanity File""- exists the only definitive record of the tragic story of Mary Todd Lincoln' s insanity trial. The book that results from these letters and documents addresses several areas of controversy in the life of the widow of Abraham Lincoln: the extent of her illness, the fairness of her trial, and the.

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