Title:
The house tells the story : homes of the American presidents
Author:
Van Doren, Adam, 1962- , author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Boston : David R. Godine Publisher, 2015.
Physical Description:
189 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 32 cm
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.
General Note:
Map on lining papers.
Language:
English
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.
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Added Author:
ISBN:
9781567925425
Format :
Book
