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xii, 332 pages : 21 cm Ten presidents from Benjamin Harris on to Franklin D. Roosevelt Includes index Part 1 : The glories of the old guard. Edison lights and the Harrisons -- Years of grace : return of the Clevelands -- The tragic administration of McKinley -- Keeping up with the Roosevelts -- Four years of strife -- Taft out, Wilson in : a typical Inauguration Day -- The courtship and marriage of a president -- To Paris with Wilson -- Colonel House -- The truth about Wilson's illness -- Notes on the early years -- Part 2 : A spotlight on yesterday's heroes. The White House from the ground up -- Living with the Coolidges -- The Prince of Wales comes to lunch -- An inauguration that fell flat -- We entertain Queen Marie -- Will Rogers out of his element -- Lindbergh : the perfect guest -- I do not choose -- Working with the Hoovers -- The young hero from Colorado -- The king and queen of Siam -- Little facts that speak louder than words -- Franklin D. Roosevelt pays a call -- Domestic revolution, March, 1933 -- Part 3 : Comparisons and verdicts. Strictly personal -- The business of being president -- The daily routine -- Work and play -- First ladies of the land -- Keeping house fo

Author
Irwin Hood (Ike) Hoover, chief usher
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Published
1934
Language
EN
Subjects
Memoir, History, Biography

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