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Author:

Brandus, Paul, author.

Title:

Under this roof : the White House and the presidency-- 21 presidents, 21 rooms, 21 inside stories / Paul Brandus.

Publisher:

LPan imprint of Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 287 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Subject:

White House (Washington, D.C.)
Presidents--United States--History.
Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-277) and index.

Contents:

John Adams: A Benediction for the Future : The State Dining Room -- Thomas Jefferson: The Lewis & Clark Expedition : The President's Library -- James and Dolly Madison : The Burning of the White House : The Queen's Sitting Room, State Dining Room -- James Monroe: The Monroe Doctrine : The Oval Room -- Andrew Jackson: The Nullification Crisis : The East Room -- John Tyler: Ten Funerals and a Wedding : The East Room -- James K. Polk: Five Presidents, One War : The President's Office -- Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address : The Shop -- Ulysses S. Grant: The Secret Swearing In : The Red Room -- Rutherford Hayes: The Wired White House : The Telegraph Room -- William McKinley: The Spanish-American War : The War Room -- Theodore Roosevelt: The Dawn of the American Century : The West Wing -- Woodrow Wilson: The Secret Illness : The President's Bedroom -- Warren G. Harding: Scandals Galore : The Yellow Oval Room -- Calvin Coolidge: The Roaring Twenties : The Sky Parlor -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Fireside Chats : The Diplomatic Reception Room -- Harry Truman: "The Moon, the Stars, and All the Planets" : The Rebuilding of the White House -- John F. Kennedy: The Blood Red Carpet : The Oval Office -- Richard Nixon: The Enemy Within : The Briefing Room -- Ronald Reagan: Lights, Camera, Action : The Family Theater -- Barack Obama: The bin Laden Raid : The Situation Room -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

Summary:

In this history of the highest office of the United States of America, Paul Brandus,White House-based journalist and creator of the enormously popular “West Wing Report” (200K+ followers) on Twitter (@WestWingReport) focuses on an oft ignored key player{u2014}the life of the White House itself. Even in this time of relentless coverage of the President{u2019}s every move, we can forget that he and his advisers are human, with a life filled with smaller personal moments that lead up to the big public ones.The White House has expanded as the country has, gained workspace as the government grew, embraced technology as the nation did, and mirrors the dynamism of the United States itself.

ISBN:

149300834X
9781493008346

LCCN:

2015020568

Locations:

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