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Author: Hugh Howard Publisher: ISBN: 9780316215336 Category : History Languages : en Pages :
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HOUSES OF THE PRESIDENTS offers a unique tour of the houses and day-to-day lives of America's presidents, from George Washington's time to the present. Author Hugh Howard weaves together personal, presidential, and architectural histories to shed light on the way our chief executives lived. Original photography by Roger Straus III brings the houses and furnishings beautifully to life. From Jefferson's Monticello to Reagan's Rancho del Cielo, with fascinating and surprising stops between and beyond, HOUSES OF THE PRESIDENTS presents a fascinating alternative history of the American presidency.
Author: Hugh Howard Publisher: ISBN: 9780316215336 Category : History Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
HOUSES OF THE PRESIDENTS offers a unique tour of the houses and day-to-day lives of America's presidents, from George Washington's time to the present. Author Hugh Howard weaves together personal, presidential, and architectural histories to shed light on the way our chief executives lived. Original photography by Roger Straus III brings the houses and furnishings beautifully to life. From Jefferson's Monticello to Reagan's Rancho del Cielo, with fascinating and surprising stops between and beyond, HOUSES OF THE PRESIDENTS presents a fascinating alternative history of the American presidency.
Author: Adam Van Doren Publisher: ISBN: 9781567925425 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 0
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Pre-eminent historian David McCullough and noted artist Adam Van Doren unite for an excursion to the celebrated homes of fifteen American presidents, past and present.
Author: William G. Clotworthy Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 380
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All the presidents of the United States have had at least one home outside of the White House, and many have had libraries and museums built to commemorate their careers. This volume offers a comprehensive, illustrated guide to the almost one hundred homes, libraries, and museums that honor the American presidents - from George Washington to George W. Bush.
Author: William G. Clotworthy Publisher: McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 394
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Describes the lives of the presidents of the United States, their families, and the various homes, libraries, and other sites associated with each.
Author: Irvin Haas Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486267517 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 196
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Describes and includes photographs of the exteriors and interiors of American presidential homes, and notes the locations and visiting hours of those that are open to the public
Author: Bill Harris Publisher: Quadrillion Publishing ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 200
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Two hundred superb photographs, and an informative text take the reader on a tour of the homes of all the U.S. Presidents, including Bill Clinton. A fascinating insight into the lives of the men who have shaped the development of the nation is provided.
Author: Margaret Truman Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 030741731X Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 290
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As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting–but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence, part goldfish bowl, and part national shrine, the White House is both the most important address in America and the most intensely scrutinized. In this splendid blend of the personal and historic, Margaret Truman offers an unforgettable tour of “the president’s house” across the span of two centuries. Opened (though not finished) in 1800 and originally dubbed a “palace,” the White House has been fascinating from day one. In Thomas Jefferson’s day, it was a reeking construction site where congressmen complained of the hazards of open rubbish pits. Andrew Jackson’s supporters, descending twenty thousand strong from the backwoods of Kentucky and Tennessee, nearly destroyed the place during his first inaugural. Teddy Roosevelt expanded it, Jackie Kennedy and Pat Nixon redecorated it. Through all the vicissitudes of its history, the White House has transformed the characters, and often the fates, of its powerful occupants. In The President’s House, Margaret Truman takes us behind the scenes, into the deepest recesses and onto the airiest balconies, as she reveals what it feels like to live in the White House. Here are hilarious stories of Teddy Roosevelt’s rambunctious children tossing spitballs at presidential portraits–as well as a heartbreaking account of the tragedy that befell President Coolidge’s young son, Calvin, Jr. Here, too, is the real story of the Lincoln Bedroom and the thrilling narrative of how first lady Dolley Madison rescued a priceless portrait of George Washington and a copy of the Declaration of Independence before British soldiers torched the White House in 1814. Today the 132-room White House operates as an exotic combination of first-class hotel and fortress, with 1,600 dedicated workers, an annual budget over $1 billion, and a kitchen that can handle anything from an intimate dinner for four to a reception for 2,400. But ghosts of the past still walk its august corridors–including a phantom whose visit President Harry S Truman described to his daughter in eerie detail. From the basement swarming with reporters to the Situation Room crammed with sophisticated technology to the Oval Office where the president receives the world’s leaders, the White House is a beehive of relentless activity, deal-making, intrigue, gossip, and of course history in the making. In this evocative and insightful book, Margaret Truman combines high-stakes drama with the unique perspective of an insider. The ultimate guided tour of the nation’s most famous dwelling, The President’s House is truly a national treasure.
Author: Hugh Howard
Author: Hugh Howard
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