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.
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
