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My Thirty Years Backstairs At The White House
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Author : Lillian Rogers Parks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
My Thirty Years Backstairs At The White House written by Lillian Rogers Parks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Presidents categories.
This is the combined biography of two domestic servants, a mother and her daughter, each of whom worked for thirty years in the White House. In 1909, he mother was hired by President Taft, who was the first president ever to allow a Black person to enter the White House. She worked in the White House until 1939. Her daughter was hired by President Hoover in 1929 and she worked there until the final days of the Eisenhower Administration in 1959. This book should be required reading for every serious student of American history. The authors were eye witnesses to some of the great events of history and offer different prospectives from that found elsewhere. For example, we learn that when Calvin Coolidge announced in 1927 that he did not intend to run for re-election, he was playing hard-to-get. He believed that the people would insist that he accept a third term of office. He expected to be drafted. He actually wanted a third term in office. Coolidge was disappointed when Herbert Hoover was nominated as he disagreed with Hoover's ideas and policies. We learn that in the last year and a half of the presidency of President Woodrow Wilson, he had to be wheeled around the White House in a wheel chair and was often engaged in "sickbed rambling." When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office as president, he was an invalid, confined to a wheelchair. Few Americans knew this and elaborate means were devised to make it appear that Roosevelt was robust and healthy. Whenever he was to speak, railings were created beside where he was to be standing. This was done so that it would appear that FDR was walking, taking a few steps up to the speaker's podium, when in reality the handrails were holding him up and he was dragging his feet a short distance to create the illusion that he was walking. Also, Roosevelt was dependent on his mother, Sara Delano, who had all the money and controlled his finances.
My Thirty Years Backstairs At The White House
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Author : Lillian Rogers Parks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
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Backstairs At The White House
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Author : Gwen Bagni
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Backstairs At The White House written by Gwen Bagni and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Presidents categories.
An intimate look at life in the White House through eight administrations as remembered by a mother and daughter who, between them, served as White House maids for 52 years.
Backstairs At The White House
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Author : Gwen Bagni
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
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Backstairs At The White House
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Author : Gwen Bagni
language : en
Publisher: Bantam Books
Release Date : 1979-01-01
Backstairs At The White House written by Gwen Bagni and has been published by Bantam Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Underscores the author's devotion to the presidential families she served
Our White House
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Author : N.C.B.L.A.
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2010-09-14
Our White House written by N.C.B.L.A. and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-14 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
More than one hundred leading authors and illustrators donate their talents in a creative tour de force that is making history. Conceived and co-created by the National Children’s Book and Literary Alliance, this outstanding collection of essays, personal accounts, historical fiction, and poetry melds with an equally stunning array of original art to offer a look at America’s history through the prism of the White House. Starting with a 1792 call for designers and continuing through the present day, these highly engaging writings and illustrations, expressing varied viewpoints and interwoven with key historical events, are a vital resource for family and classroom sharing — and a stirring reminder that the story of the White House is the story of every American. Back matter includes source notes, notes on contributor, and an index.
Upstairs At The White House
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Author : J. B. West
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Upstairs At The White House written by J. B. West and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this New York Times bestseller, the White House chief usher for nearly three decades offers a behind-the-scenes look at America’s first families. J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—and coordinated its daily life—at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings and funerals, gardens and playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and, with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home. For twenty-eight years, first as assistant to the chief usher, then as chief usher, he witnessed national crises and triumphs, and interacted daily with six consecutive presidents and first ladies, as well as their parents, children and grandchildren, and houseguests—including friends, relatives, and heads of state. J. B. West, whom Jackie Kennedy called “one of the most extraordinary men I have ever met,” provides an absorbing, one-of-a-kind history of life among the first ladies. Alive with anecdotes ranging from Eleanor Roosevelt’s fascinating political strategies to Jackie Kennedy’s tragic loss and the personal struggles of Pat Nixon, Upstairs at the White House is a rich account of a slice of American history that usually remains behind closed doors.
Backstairs Billy
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Author : Tom Quinn
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2015-03-17
Backstairs Billy written by Tom Quinn and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"William Tallon was a creature of extremes: though intensely loyal, he was also a dangerous risk-taker; though charming, he could also be vicious; though considerate and amusing, he could be ruthless and predatory. For much of his life he was driven by two demons: a powerful sex drive and an intense, almost pathological love for the Queen Mother..." From humble beginnings as a shopkeeper's son in Coventry to 'Page of the Backstairs' at Clarence House, William Tallon, or 'Backstairs Billy' as he came to be known, entered royal service at the age of fifteen. Over the next fifty years, he became one of the most notorious and flamboyant characters ever to have graced the royal household - the one servant the Queen Mother just could not do without. While others came and went, he remained by her side, becoming one of her most trusted friends and confidants. The fascinating life story of the man who spent more than half a century working for one of the world's most elusive institutions, Backstairs Billy provides a rare glimpse of what the royals really get up to behind closed doors...
Backstairs At The White House
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Author : Gwen Bagni
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Backstairs At The White House written by Gwen Bagni and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Fiction categories.
Underscores the author's devotion to the presidential families she served
Thirty Six Years In The White House
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Author : Thomas F. Pendel
language : en
Publisher: Applewood Books
Release Date : 2008
Thirty Six Years In The White House written by Thomas F. Pendel and has been published by Applewood Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Presidents categories.
The autobiographical story of the White House doorkeeper from the Lincoln presidency to the administration of Theodore Roosevelt.