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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
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| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Whitcomb; Claire Whitcomb |
| ISBN: | 0415923204 9780415923200 |
| OCLC Number: | 44509233 |
| Description: | xxi, 511 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Dates -- George Washington, 1789-1797: The Foundation Is Laid -- Creating Washington, D.C., 1790-1800 -- John Adams, 1797-1801: The Great Castle -- Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809: The Leveling Principles of Democracy -- James Madison, 1809-1817: Conflagration -- The Rebuilding of the White House, 1814-1817 -- James Monroe, 1817-1825: Good Feelings and Gold Spoons -- John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829: A Dull and Stately Prison -- Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837: The People's Choice -- Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841: Felled by a Gold Spoon -- William Henry Harrison, March 4-April 4, 1841: Mourning -- John Tyler, 1841-1845: Courtship -- James Knox Polk, 1845-1849: Attention to Detail -- Zachary Taylor, 1849-July 9, 1850: Tragedy -- Souvenir Hunters -- Millard Fillmore, July 1850-March 4, 1853: The Last Whig -- Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857: Twice Forgotten -- James Buchanan, 1857-1861: The Eve of Rebellion -- Abraham Lincoln, 1861-April 14, 1865: A "Whited Sepulcure" -- Civil War Washington -- Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869: Traitor to Patriot -- Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877: A Bright and Beautiful Dream -- Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881: Lemonade -- James Garfield, March 4-September 19, 1881: Death Watch -- Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885: Tiffany Tastes -- Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889, 1893-1897: Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage -- Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893: No Room to Spare -- Ponies, Snakes, Raccoons, and Other White House Pets -- William McKinley, 1897-1901: Better Than a Bishopric -- Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909: The Reign of Enthusiasm. |
| Responsibility: | John Whitcomb and Claire Whitcomb. |
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"Fascinating.It's a rich source of information about 40 of our presidents with dozens of photographs that give new meaning to in-house."<br>- "Tampa Tribune <br>"A genuine page-turner.Both wise and witty, Real Life at the White House is perhaps the most delightful 'house' tour you'll ever take."<br>-"Victoria Magazine <br>"Anecdotes are very much the point of Real Life at the White House, which relates each successive family's experience there."<br>-"New York Daily News <br>..."a lively account of private lives being lived in a public place.The Whitcombs have brought history and architecture together in a very human story of an enduring monument to American democracy."<br>-"CNN.com <br>.." .a lively history of the families who made their homes here and the ways in which each put a personal stamp - for good or for bad - on the building."<br>- "San Antonio Express News <br> Read more...
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- White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History.
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs.
- Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- Presidents -- United States -- History.
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
- White House. -- History.
- Présidents -- États-Unis -- Moeurs et coutumes -- Histoire.
- Washington (D.C.) -- White House.
- Alltag.
- Geschichte 1790-2001.
- Washington (D.C.) -- Weißes Haus.
