Bibliograph

The president's house, a history, William Seale

Type

Label

The president's house, a history, William Seale

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (volume 2, pages 647-663) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The president's house

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

76183665

Responsibility statement

William Seale

Sub title

a history

Summary

The last full chapter covers the White House years of George and Barbara Bush. The epilogue touches on the presidency of Clinton and George W. Bush

Table Of Contents

v. 1. -- The palace -- The house -- The builders -- Anachronism -- The trial -- The phoenix -- End of the old order -- Democracy -- Elegance -- Stage and players -- Imperial house -- Midcentury -- Watershed -- An explosion -- Cannon across the Potomac -- Turmoil -- Good news -- The rescue -- The glasshouse -- Flourishes -- Peace and plenty -- Interlude -- The aesthetic house -- The blue room -- Homecoming -- A recollection of roses -- 1898 -- Grand schemes -- An image refined -- Protocol -- Chronicles --v. 2. -- Summer days -- Thresholds -- 1917 -- At home and overseas -- Limelight -- Hearth and home -- Irony -- Full house -- Sketchbooks -- Roosevelt's castle -- History -- The symbol -- Optimism -- Vision -- Succession -- An extended White House -- The peacemaker -- Reorganization -- The great communicator -- End of the Cold War -- Epilogue

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