Real life at the White House : two hundred years of daily life at America's most famous residence / John Whitcomb and Claire Whitcomb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitcomb, John.

Contributor:

Whitcomb, Claire.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White House (Washington, D.C.)--History.

White House (Washington, D.C.).

History.

Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.

Washington (D.C.).

Manners and customs.

Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Presidents--United States--History.

Presidents.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxi, 511 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

"Real Life at the White House" celebrates two centuries of domestic life in this historic abode. In a chapter for each administration, this stylish sourcebook takes readers 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, plumbing to telephones. 80 photos and line drawings.

Contents:

Dates xi

1. George Washington, 1789-1797: The Foundation Is Laid 1

Creating Washington, D.C., 1790-1800 6

2. John Adams, 1797-1801: The Great Castle 8

3. Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809: The Leveling Principles of Democracy 15

4. James Madison, 1809-1817: Conflagration 25

The Rebuilding of the White House, 1814-1817 35

5. James Monroe, 1817-1825: Good Feelings and Gold Spoons 37

6. John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829: A Dull and Stately Prison 47

7. Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837: The People's Choice 58

8. Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841: Felled by a Gold Spoon 72

9. William Henry Harrison, March 4-April 4, 1841: Mourning 79

10. John Tyler, 1841-1845: Courtship 84

11. James Knox Polk, 1845-1849: Attention to Detail 94

12. Zachary Taylor, 1849-July 9, 1850: Tragedy 101

Souvenir Hunters 107

13. Millard Fillmore, July 1850-March 4, 1853: The Last Whig 109

14. Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857: Twice Forgotten 114

15. James Buchanan, 1857-1861: The Eve of Rebellion 122

16. Abraham Lincoln, 1861-April 14, 1865: A "Whited Sepulcure" 129

Civil War Washington 141

17. Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869: Traitor to Patriot 143

18. Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877: A Bright and Beautiful Dream 153

19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881: Lemonade 162

20. James Garfield, March 4-September 19, 1881: Death Watch 173

21. Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885: Tiffany Tastes 181

22/24. Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889, 1893-1897: Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage 188

23. Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893: No Room to Spare 198

Ponies, Snakes, Raccoons, and Other White House Pets 206

25. William McKinley, 1897-1901: Better Than a Bishopric 208

26. Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909: The Reign of Enthusiasm 219

The 1902 Renovation 233

27. William Howard Taft, 1909-1913: Not Where He Wanted to Be 236

28. Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921: Love and War 249

29. Warren G. Harding, 1921-1923: Playing the Part 263

30. Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929: For the Roaring Twenties, a Man of Quiet 273

The 1927 Rooftop Renovation 287

31. Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933: And Then the Crash 289

32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945: Full House 299

33. Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953: What a Life! 318

34. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961: TV Dinners 334

35. John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963: Style 348

White House China 366

36. Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969: Power 368

37. Richard M. Nixon, 1969-1974: Caught 383

The Nixon Refurbishment: A Curator's View 398

38. Gerald R. Ford, 1974-1977: The Unelected President 401

39. Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981: Down Home 413

40. Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989: Perfectly Cast 423

41. George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993: Stepping Up to the Plate 440

A House and Eighty-Two Acres 450

42. William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001: Peephole on the Presidency 453.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-496) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0415923204

OCLC:

44509233