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Guest of honor : Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House dinner that shocked a nation / Deborah Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Deborah, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- Roosevelt, Theodore.
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
- Washington, Booker T.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- African American educators.
- United States.
- African American educators--United States--Biography.
- United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Race relations.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--1901-1909.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atria Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- Documents the 1901 White House dinner shared by former slave Booker T. Washington and President Theodore Roosevelt, documenting the ensuing scandal and the ways in which the event reflected post-Civil War politics and race relations.
- Contents:
- The Big House
- Strive and succeed
- The force that wins
- An exemplary young gentleman
- Brick by brick
- Great expectations
- Let me keep loving
- Moving up
- Rough riding
- Rising stars
- Jump Jim Crow
- Pride and prejudice
- That damned cowboy
- Best behavior
- Lazy days - -A wild ride
- The people's president
- The family circus
- Behind closed doors
- Fathers and daughters
- Bold moves
- Dinner is served
- A big stink
- Sitting ducks
- Undercover
- Blindsided
- Slipping away
- Eulogies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1439169810
- 9781439169827
- 1439169829
- OCLC:
- 709673085
- Publisher Number:
- 99948962003
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