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The president's house : a history /

The President's House is an unforgettable account of the White House from its origins during the nation's beginning to 1952, a continuing story of adapting and altering, yet always keeping close to the original image and purpose of the landmark. Seale carefully documents the ways in which...

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Main Author: Seale, William, (Author)
Corporate Authors: White House Historical Association., National Geographic Society (U.S.), Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society, [1986]
Subjects and Genres:
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) > White House > District de Columbia.
Presidents > Dwellings > United States.
White House (Washington, D.C.).
Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Presidents > United States > Dwellings.
Présidents > Résidences officielles > États-Unis.
Buildings.
Presidents > Dwellings.
Présidents > États-Unis > Habitations.
United States.
Washington (D.C.)
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505 0 |a [v. 1:] The palace : Washington -- The house : Washington -- The builders : Washington & Adams -- Anachronism : Adams & Jefferson -- The trial : Madison -- The phoenix : Monroe -- End of the old order : Monroe & Adams -- Democracy : Jackson -- Elegance : Van Buren -- Stage and players : Harrison & Tyler -- Imperial house : Polk -- Mid-century : Taylor & Fillmore -- Watershed : Pierce -- An explosion : Buchanan -- Cannon across the Potomac : Lincoln -- Turmoil : Lincoln -- Good news : Lincoln -- The rescue : Johnson -- The glasshouse : Grant -- Flourishes : Grant -- Peace and plenty : Hayes -- Interlude : Garfield -- The aesthetic house : Arthur -- The blue room : Cleveland -- Homecoming : Harrison. 
505 0 |a [v. 2:] A recollection of roses : Cleveland -- 1898 : McKinley -- Grand schemes : McKinley -- An image refined : Theodore Roosevelt -- Protocol : Theodore Roosevelt -- Chronicles : Theodore Roosevelt -- Summer days : Taft -- Thresholds : Wilson -- 1917 : Wilson -- Distant drums : Wilson -- Limelight : Harding -- Hearth and home : Coolidge -- Irony : Hoover -- Full house : Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Sketchbooks : Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The castle : Franklin D. Roosevelt -- History : Truman -- The symbol : Truman. 
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