{"product_id":"mary-lincolns-insanity-case-pb","title":"Mary Lincoln's Insanity Case\/PB","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\"Mary Lincoln's Insanity Case: A Documentary History \" by Jason Emerson\/Paperback – Illustrated\/237pp\/Published July 17, 2015\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\"In this volume, noted Lincoln scholar Jason Emerson provides a documentary history of Mary Lincoln's mental illness and insanity case, evenhandedly presenting every possible primary source on the subject to enable a clearer view of the facts. Beginning with documents from the immediate aftermath of her husband's assassination and ending with reminiscences by friends and family in the mid-twentieth century, \u003cu\u003eMary Lincoln's Insanity Case: A Documentary History\u003c\/u\u003e compiles more than one hundred letters, dozens of newspaper articles, editorials, and legal documents, and the daily patient progress reports from Bellevue Place Sanitarium during Mary Lincoln's incarceration. Including many materials that have never been previously published, Emerson also collects multiple reminiscences, interviews, and diaries of people who knew Mary Lincoln or were involved in the case, including the first-hand recollection of one of the jurors in the 1875 insanity trial.\"\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \"\u003c\/o:p\u003eSuggesting neither accusation nor exoneration of the embattled First Lady, \u003cu\u003eMary Lincoln's Insanity Case: A Documentary History\u003c\/u\u003e gives scholars and history enthusiasts incomparable access to the documents and information crucial to understanding this vexing chapter in American history.\"\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chicago Distribution Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45426514001980,"sku":"002199","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/hildene.org\/products\/mary-lincolns-insanity-case-pb","provider":"Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}