Behind the Scenes: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Behind the Scenes, credited to Elizabeth Keckley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Behind the Scenes, by Elizabeth Keckley. This is the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who bought her freedom with the money she earned as a seamstress. She eventually worked for Mary Lincoln. It is a fascinating book, filled with many recollections of her own life and her interactions with the Lincolns and other members of the government elite. (summary by Guero)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Behind the Scenes
• Author credits: Elizabeth Keckley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 6:07:39

Catalogue topics

• slavery
• lincoln
• assassination
• autobiography

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 8:58
2. 01 - Ch. 1 - Where I was Born — 20:06
3. 02 - Ch. 2 - Girlhood and its Sorrows — 12:01
4. 03 - Ch. 3 - How I Gained My Freedom — 19:37
5. 04 - Ch. 4 - In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis — 13:41
6. 05 - Ch. 5 - My Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln — 14:50
7. 06 - Ch. 6 - Willie Lincoln's Death-Bed — 17:52
8. 07 - Ch. 7 - Washington 1862-3 — 14:23
9. 08 - Ch. 8 - Candid Opinions — 14:13
10. 09 - Ch. 9 - Behind the Scenes — 13:24
11. 10 - Ch. 10 - The Second Inauguration — 22:19
12. 11 - Ch. 11 - The Assassination of President Lincoln — 29:29
13. 12 - Ch. 12 - Mrs. Lincoln Leaves the White House — 27:19
14. 13 - Ch. 13 - Origin of the Rivalry btwn. Mr. Douglas & Mr. Lincoln — 12:20
15. 14 - Ch. 14 - Old Friends — 26:26
16. 15 - Ch. 15 Part 1 - Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York — 33:25
17. 16 - Ch. 15 Part 2 - Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York — 28:42
18. 17 - Appendix - Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley — 38:45

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