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The house tells the story : homes of the American presidents

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 189 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 32 cmISBN:
  • 9781567925425
  • 1567925421
Uniform titles:
  • Works. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 728/.370973 23
LOC classification:
  • ND1839.V34 A4 2015
Contents:
Foreword by David McCullough -- Introduction -- Springwood, Hyde Park, New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York Teddy Roosevelt -- Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia Thomas Jefferson -- Mount Vernon, Virginia George Washington -- Peacefield, Quincy, Massachusetts John Adams / John Quincy Adams -- Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine George H. W. Bush -- Woodrow Wilson Home, Washington DC Woodrow Wilson -- John F. Kennedy House, Brookline, MA Joe and Rose Kennedy Home, Hyannis Port, MA John F. Kennedy -- Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania James Buchanan -- Calvin Coolidge Historic Site, Plymouth Notch, Vermont Calvin Coolidge -- Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York Martin Van Buren -- Harry Truman Home, Independence, Missouri Harry S. Truman -- Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas George W. Bush -- Jimmy Carter Historic Site, Plains, Georgia Jimmy Carter -- Epilogue: The White House, Washington DC -- Brief Biographies of the Presidents -- A Gallery of Presidents' Homes -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Pre-eminent historian David McCullough and noted artist Adam Van Doren unite for an excursion to the celebrated homes of fifteen American presidents, past and present.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 728.37 VAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000529556

Map on lining papers.

Includes index.

Foreword by David McCullough -- Introduction -- Springwood, Hyde Park, New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York Teddy Roosevelt -- Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia Thomas Jefferson -- Mount Vernon, Virginia George Washington -- Peacefield, Quincy, Massachusetts John Adams / John Quincy Adams -- Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine George H. W. Bush -- Woodrow Wilson Home, Washington DC Woodrow Wilson -- John F. Kennedy House, Brookline, MA Joe and Rose Kennedy Home, Hyannis Port, MA John F. Kennedy -- Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania James Buchanan -- Calvin Coolidge Historic Site, Plymouth Notch, Vermont Calvin Coolidge -- Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York Martin Van Buren -- Harry Truman Home, Independence, Missouri Harry S. Truman -- Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas George W. Bush -- Jimmy Carter Historic Site, Plains, Georgia Jimmy Carter -- Epilogue: The White House, Washington DC -- Brief Biographies of the Presidents -- A Gallery of Presidents' Homes -- Acknowledgments.

Pre-eminent historian David McCullough and noted artist Adam Van Doren unite for an excursion to the celebrated homes of fifteen American presidents, past and present.

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