01980cam a2200385 i 4500 623837650 TxAuBib 20140215120000.0 131206s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013048576 9781410466181 large print hardback 1410466183 large print hardback (OCoLC)861677641 TXKPL eng rda TXKPL TxAuBib rda Chiaverini, Jennifer. Mrs. Lincoln's rival / Jennifer Chiaverini. Large print edition. Detroit : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014. 737 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Kate Chase was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of Salmon P. Chase. Her father was Abraham Lincoln's secretary of the treasury, and he aspired to even greater heights. Kate 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 they could never be friends, for the success of one could come only at the expense of the other"--Back cover. 20140215. Lincoln, Mary Todd 1818-1882 Fiction. Sprague, Kate Chase 1840-1899 Fiction. Children of politicians Fiction. Governors' spouses Fiction. Washington (D.C) Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Large type book. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Fiction. TXKPL