The president's house : a history / by William Seale.
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.
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Record details
- ISBN: 0912308281
- ISBN: 9780912308289
- Physical Description: 2 volumes (xx, 1224 pages 80 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society, 1986.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: volume 2, pages 1058-1068. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | [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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| Subject: | White House (Washington, D.C.) Presidents > Dwellings > United States. Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Part | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Government and Heritage Library | 975 S438p (Text) | Vol. 1 | 33091002226603 | Adult Storage Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Government and Heritage Library | 975 S438p (Text) | Vol. 2 | 33091002226611 | Adult Storage Nonfiction | Available | - |
