Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the White House with this richly illustrated new book on America's, if not the world's, most famous residence. Abigail Adams dried her wash in the unfinished East Room. Benjamin Harrison left the lights burning all night because he feared being shocked by the newly installed electric switches. LBJ waged an obsessive battle with the water pressure in the shower, demanding showerheads on all sides. His successor, Richard Nixon, promptly had them removed. The White House has not always been the ideal home, and as each president moved in, he transformed the house…mehr
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the White House with this richly illustrated new book on America's, if not the world's, most famous residence. Abigail Adams dried her wash in the unfinished East Room. Benjamin Harrison left the lights burning all night because he feared being shocked by the newly installed electric switches. LBJ waged an obsessive battle with the water pressure in the shower, demanding showerheads on all sides. His successor, Richard Nixon, promptly had them removed. The White House has not always been the ideal home, and as each president moved in, he transformed the house in small and large ways to fit his family's needs. "Real Life at the White House" celebrates two centuries of domestic life in this historic abode. In forty-two chapters - one for each administration - this stylish sourcebook takes us on an intimate tour of the daily life of each president and his family, bringing into view everything from china patterns to built-in closets (a luxury added during the Truman renovation), from plumbing to telephones (Coolidge refused to use the phone for business) from architectural structure to state dinners and family meals. Filled with hundreds of anecdotes, photographs, and presidential quotes from Washington(who never lived there but oversaw the first plans) to Clinton, this thoroughly engaging book captures the texture of presidential life while documenting the very human history of a house.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Father/daughter author team John and Claire Whitcomb have previously collaborated on Oh Say Can You See: UnexpectedAnecdotes about American History (1987) and GreatAmerican Anecdotes (1994). John Whitcomb has taught American history for 32 years. Claire Whitcomb has written extensively about houses and history while on the staffs of magazines such as House & Garden, HouseBeautiful and Victoria.
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DATES INTRODUCTION 1. GEORGE WASHINGTON 1789-1797: The Foundation Is Laid Creating Washington D.C. 1790-1800 2. JOHN ADAMS 1797-1801: The Great Castle 3. THOMAS JEFFERSON 1801-1809: The Leveling Principles of Democracy 4. JAMES MADISON 1809-1817: Conflagration The Rebuilding of the White House 1814-1817 5. JAMES MONROE 1817-1825: Good Feelings and Gold Spoons 6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 1825-1829: A Dull and Stately Prison 7. ANDREW JACKSON 1829-1837: The People's Choice 8. MARTIN VAN BUREN 1837-1841: Felled by a Gold Spoon 9. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON March 4-April 4 1841: Mourning 10. JOHN TYLER 1841-1845: Courtship 11.JAMES KNOX POLK 1845-1849: Attention to Detail 12. ZACHARY TAYLOR 1849-JULY 9 1850: Tragedy Souvenir Hunters 13. MILLARD FILLMORE July 1859-March 4 1853: The Last Whig 14. FRANKLIN PIERCE 1853-8157: Twice Forgotten 15. JAMES BUCHANAN 1857-1861: The Eve of Rebellion 16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1861-April 14 1865: A Whited Sepulcure Civil War Washington 17. ANDREW JOHNSON 1865-1869: Traitor to Patriot 18.ULYSSES S. GRANT 1869-1877: A Bright and Beautiful Dream 19.RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES 1877-1881: Lemonade 20. JAMES GARFIELD March 4-September 19 1881: Death Watch 21. CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR 1881-1885: Tiffany Tastes 22/24. GROVER CLEVLAND 1885-1889 1893-1897: Love Marriage and a Baby Carriage Ponies Snakes Raccoons and Other White House Pets 25. WILLIAM McKINLEY 1897-1901: Better Than a Bishopric 26. THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1901-1909: The Reign of Enthusiasm The 1902 Renovation 27. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT 1909-1913: Not Where He Wanted to Be 28. WOODWARD WILSON 1913-1921: Love and War 29. WARREN G. HARDING 1921-1929: Playing the Part 30. CALVIN COOLIDGE 1923-1929: For the Roaring Twenties a Man of Quiet The 1927 Rooftop Renovation 31. HERBERT HOOVER 1929-1933: And Then the Crash 32. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 1933-1945: Full House 33. HARRY S. TRUMAN 1945-1953: What a Life! 34. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 1953-1961: TV Dinners 35. JOHN F. KENNEDY 1961-1963: Style White House China 36. LYNDON B. JOHNSON 1963-1969: Power 37. RICAHRD M. NIXON 1969-1974: Caught The Nixon Refurbishment: A Curator's View 38. GERALD R. FORD 1974-1977: The Unelected President 39. JIMMY CARTER 1977-1981: Down Home 40. RONALD REAGAN 1981-1989: Perfectly Cast 41. GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH 1989-1993: Stepping Up to the Plate A House and Eighty-Two Acres 42. WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON 1993-2001: Peephole on the Presidency ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES INDEX
DATES INTRODUCTION 1. GEORGE WASHINGTON 1789-1797: The Foundation Is Laid Creating Washington D.C. 1790-1800 2. JOHN ADAMS 1797-1801: The Great Castle 3. THOMAS JEFFERSON 1801-1809: The Leveling Principles of Democracy 4. JAMES MADISON 1809-1817: Conflagration The Rebuilding of the White House 1814-1817 5. JAMES MONROE 1817-1825: Good Feelings and Gold Spoons 6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 1825-1829: A Dull and Stately Prison 7. ANDREW JACKSON 1829-1837: The People's Choice 8. MARTIN VAN BUREN 1837-1841: Felled by a Gold Spoon 9. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON March 4-April 4 1841: Mourning 10. JOHN TYLER 1841-1845: Courtship 11.JAMES KNOX POLK 1845-1849: Attention to Detail 12. ZACHARY TAYLOR 1849-JULY 9 1850: Tragedy Souvenir Hunters 13. MILLARD FILLMORE July 1859-March 4 1853: The Last Whig 14. FRANKLIN PIERCE 1853-8157: Twice Forgotten 15. JAMES BUCHANAN 1857-1861: The Eve of Rebellion 16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1861-April 14 1865: A Whited Sepulcure Civil War Washington 17. ANDREW JOHNSON 1865-1869: Traitor to Patriot 18.ULYSSES S. GRANT 1869-1877: A Bright and Beautiful Dream 19.RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES 1877-1881: Lemonade 20. JAMES GARFIELD March 4-September 19 1881: Death Watch 21. CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR 1881-1885: Tiffany Tastes 22/24. GROVER CLEVLAND 1885-1889 1893-1897: Love Marriage and a Baby Carriage Ponies Snakes Raccoons and Other White House Pets 25. WILLIAM McKINLEY 1897-1901: Better Than a Bishopric 26. THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1901-1909: The Reign of Enthusiasm The 1902 Renovation 27. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT 1909-1913: Not Where He Wanted to Be 28. WOODWARD WILSON 1913-1921: Love and War 29. WARREN G. HARDING 1921-1929: Playing the Part 30. CALVIN COOLIDGE 1923-1929: For the Roaring Twenties a Man of Quiet The 1927 Rooftop Renovation 31. HERBERT HOOVER 1929-1933: And Then the Crash 32. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 1933-1945: Full House 33. HARRY S. TRUMAN 1945-1953: What a Life! 34. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 1953-1961: TV Dinners 35. JOHN F. KENNEDY 1961-1963: Style White House China 36. LYNDON B. JOHNSON 1963-1969: Power 37. RICAHRD M. NIXON 1969-1974: Caught The Nixon Refurbishment: A Curator's View 38. GERALD R. FORD 1974-1977: The Unelected President 39. JIMMY CARTER 1977-1981: Down Home 40. RONALD REAGAN 1981-1989: Perfectly Cast 41. GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH 1989-1993: Stepping Up to the Plate A House and Eighty-Two Acres 42. WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON 1993-2001: Peephole on the Presidency ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES INDEX
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