{"product_id":"savage-conversations-paperback","title":"Savage Conversations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1862 mass execution of thirty-eight Dakota nightly haunts Mary Todd Lincoln, institutionalized and alone with her ghosts.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMay 1875: Mary Todd Lincoln is addicted to opiates and tried in a Chicago court on charges of insanity. Entered into evidence is Ms. Lincoln's claim that every night a Savage Indian enters her bedroom and slashes her face and scalp. She is swiftly committed to Bellevue Place Sanitarium. Her hauntings may be a reminder that in 1862, President Lincoln ordered the hanging of thirty-eight Dakotas in the largest mass execution in United States history. No one has ever linked the two events-until now. \u003ci\u003eSavage Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e is a daring account of a former first lady and the ghosts that tormented her for the contradictions and crimes on which this nation is founded.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370457759967,"sku":"9781566895316","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JDH9hXEd1-9781566895316.webp?v=1789161375","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/savage-conversations-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}