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The president's table : two hundred years of dining and diplomacy Barry H. Landau
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Staff Reference LANDAU E 176.1 .L36 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landau, Barry H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--History--Anecdotes.
- Presidents.
- Presidents--United States--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Presidents--United States--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.
- Presidents--Collectibles--United States--Pictorial works.
- Entertaining--United States--History--Anecdotes.
- Entertaining.
- Dinners and dining--United States--History--Anecdotes.
- Dinners and dining.
- Food habits--United States--History--Anecdotes.
- Food habits.
- Political culture--United States--History--Anecdotes.
- Political culture.
- White House (Washington, D.C.)--History--Anecdotes.
- White House (Washington, D.C.).
- Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Physical Description:
- ix, 292 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
- Other Title:
- 200 years of dining and diplomacy
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Collins, c2007.
- Summary:
- A visual history of the American presidency as reflected by diplomatic entertaining events traces the early days of provincial dining in the capital through today's sumptuous White House state banquets.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-290).
- Local Notes:
- HSP copy inscribed to HSP from author.
- The Landau-Savedoff Memorial Reference Collection of Cultural and Heritage Purloinment.
- ISBN:
- 9780060899103
- 0060899107
- OCLC:
- 144598231
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