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Author:

Chiaverini, Jennifer, author.

Title:

Mrs. Lincoln's rival : [sound recording] : a novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.

Format:

[sound recording] :

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

Recorded Books,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

14 sound discs (17.25 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Lincoln, Mary Todd,--1818-1882--Fiction.
Sprague, Kate Chase,--1840-1899--Fiction.
First ladies--Fiction.
Children of politicians--Fiction.
Governors' spouses--Fiction.
Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
Books on compact disc, Unabridged.

Other Authors:

Moore, Christina, narrator.
Recorded Books, LLC.

Notes:

Compact disc. In container (17 cm.). "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container. Narrated by Christina Moore.

Summary:

Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase, rose to prominence in the antebellum years and was appointed secretary of the treasury in Abraham Lincoln' s cabinet, while aspiring to even greater heights. Beautiful, intelligent, regal, and entrancing, young Kate Chase stepped into the role of establishing her thrice-widowed father in Washington society and as a future presidential candidate. Her efforts were successful enough that The Washington Star declared her " the most brilliant woman of her day. None outshone her." None, that is, but Mary Todd Lincoln. Though Mrs. Lincoln and her young rival held much in common--political acumen, love of country, and a resolute determination to help the men they loved achieve greatness--they could never be friends, for the success of one could come only at the expense of the other. When Kate Chase married William Sprague, the wealthy young governor of Rhode Island, it was widely regarded as the pinnacle of Washington society weddings. President Lincoln was in attendance. The First Lady was not.

ISBN:

1470392585
9781470392581

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

JEPA911 -- New Virginia Public Library (New Virginia)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

NLPA993 -- Rowan Public Library (Rowan) — AUDIO AF CHI

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)