# Behind the Scenes

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- Book: [Behind the Scenes](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-keckley/behind-the-scenes) ([Behind the Scenes.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-keckley/behind-the-scenes.md))
- Authors: [Elizabeth Keckley](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-keckley), [William L. Andrews](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-l-andrews)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4303-924-2
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2005-07-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Originally published in 1868—when it was attacked as an “indecent book” authored by a “traitorous eavesdropper”—Behind the Scenes is the story of Elizabeth Keckley,...