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The president's house, a history, by William Seale

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The president's house, a history, by William Seale

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, pages 1058-1068) and index

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contains biographical information

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illustrationsplates

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The president's house

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bibliography

Oclc number

13792296

Responsibility statement

by William Seale

Sub title

a history

Summary

The President's House is an unforgettable account of the White House from its origins during the nation's beginning to 1952, a continuing story of adapting and altering, yet always keeping close to the original image and purpose of the landmark. Seale carefully documents the ways in which different presidents and their families used and lived in the White House, showing not only the lives of the first families but also scores of characters known and unknown who achieve importance in the story and play their parts in the keeping and management of the house -- butlers, housemaids, caterers, gardeners, coachmen, architects, interior decorators, and even fortune-tellers. Filled with behind-the-scenes glimpses of the private and public lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, this richly detailed social history includes 121 images culled from the White House files and other archival collections

Table Of Contents

[v. 1:] The palace : Washington -- The house : Washington -- The builders : Washington & Adams -- Anachronism : Adams & Jefferson -- The trial : Madison -- The phoenix : Monroe -- End of the old order : Monroe & Adams -- Democracy : Jackson -- Elegance : Van Buren -- Stage and players : Harrison & Tyler -- Imperial house : Polk -- Mid-century : Taylor & Fillmore -- Watershed : Pierce -- An explosion : Buchanan -- Cannon across the Potomac : Lincoln -- Turmoil : Lincoln -- Good news : Lincoln -- The rescue : Johnson -- The glasshouse : Grant -- Flourishes : Grant -- Peace and plenty : Hayes -- Interlude : Garfield -- The aesthetic house : Arthur -- The blue room : Cleveland -- Homecoming : Harrison[v. 2:] A recollection of roses : Cleveland -- 1898 : McKinley -- Grand schemes : McKinley -- An image refined : Theodore Roosevelt -- Protocol : Theodore Roosevelt -- Chronicles : Theodore Roosevelt -- Summer days : Taft -- Thresholds : Wilson -- 1917 : Wilson -- Distant drums : Wilson -- Limelight : Harding -- Hearth and home : Coolidge -- Irony : Hoover -- Full house : Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Sketchbooks : Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The castle : Franklin D. Roosevelt -- History : Truman -- The symbol : Truman

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