Blair House The President S Guest House
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Blair House
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Author : William Seale
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-08
Blair House written by William Seale and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08 with categories.
Inside Blair House
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Author : Mary Edith Wilroy
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1982
Inside Blair House written by Mary Edith Wilroy and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An Annecdotal account of the author's years as hostess at blair house, the official guest home of the White House, describing the protocol and procedures as well as many of the famous visitors.
Blair House The President S Guest House
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Author : Mario Buatta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989-01-01
Blair House The President S Guest House written by Mario Buatta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-01-01 with Interior decoration categories.
Bedtime And Other Stories From The President S Guest House
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Author : Benedicte Valentiner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-08-01
Bedtime And Other Stories From The President S Guest House written by Benedicte Valentiner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Benedicte Valentiner invites the reader behind the scenes of one of the world's most prestigious official guest houses: the historic, charming, and beautiful Blair House, across from the White House. For more than thirteen years Mrs. V hosted Chiefs of State and Heads of Government during their official visits with Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. Her anecdotes about the world's most powerful leaders are revealing, entertaining, and dramatic; we are present when George H. W. Bush plays with his grandchildren, when an inebriated Boris Yeltsin is discovered wandering through Blair House, and when the Togo delegation's luggage reveals a smoked monkey, an enormous lizard, and giant cockroaches. Mrs. V also writes about the year spent in raptor research in Iran, about weaving in Mexico, and how she very early decided on the career which led her to one of the world's most prestigious hospitality positions. PROLOGUE On the first night of Boris Yeltsin s?visit in September 1994 our two security officers on duty got a bigger adventure than they could ever have imagined. At about 12:30 am Officers Paul Besett and Michael Cooney saw on their computer screen an astonishing sight. Clad but sparsely, having forgotten to put on his pajamas, the mighty President of the Russian Federation was briefly dressed as he negotiated the back stairs with the certainty of a person who had a directional problem. He was stoned out of his skull and he was almost naked. Our security officers were glued to the computer screen. At the bottom of the circular emergency staircase going from the dressing room in the Primary Suite and leading to the New Executive Office building s garage, they saw Boris Yeltsin trying to open the garage door and nearly jumping out of his briefs from fright as it gave off a loud signal. Then the security officers lost him on the screen. Frantically they called the USSS Command Post to alert them that their man was loose in the house. And when they turned away from the screen they had another shock. There was Boris Yeltsin in the flesh and such a lot of it too holding on for dear life to the door frame of their office. Without a word, he bowed gravely to them and staggered out, rolling around the corner into the Leslie Coffelt Room. This room, named for the security guard who gave his life defending President Harry S Truman during an assassination attempt by Puerto Rican Nationalists on November 1, 1950, was set aside as a down-room for the Metropolitan Police and USSS uniformed police so that during their strenuous and long hours protecting our visitors they could come in out of the cold and refresh themselves. During that particular night there were thirty sitting around when Yeltsin turned up. There is a drunken Russian in here, someone casually said to which another one replied: This is not a drunken Russian. It s B o r i s Y e l t s i n!
American Gunfight
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Author : Stephen Hunter
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-02-06
American Gunfight written by Stephen Hunter and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-06 with Fiction categories.
November 1, 1950 -- an unseasonably hot afternoon in sleepy Washington, D.C. At 2:00 P.M. at his temporary residence in Blair House, President Harry Truman takes a nap. At 2:20 P.M., two Puerto Rican natives approach from different directions. Oscar Collazo, a respected metal polisher and family man, and Griselio Torresola, an unemployed salesman, don't look dangerous, not in their new suits and hats, not in their calm, purposeful demeanor, not in their slow, unexcited approach. What the three White House policemen and one Secret Service agent guarding the president cannot guess is that under each man's coat is a 9mm German automatic pistol and in each head, a dream of assassin's glory.
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.
Thomas Pheasant Simply Serene
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Author : Thomas Pheasant
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2013-10-08
Thomas Pheasant Simply Serene written by Thomas Pheasant and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-08 with House & Home categories.
The work of influential, award-winning interior designer Thomas Pheasant is best described as "contemporary classical" and simply serene. Celebrated interior designer Thomas Pheasant is best known for his seamless melding of tradition and the contemporary. His spaces are fresh and of the age yet also enduringly timeless. Balancing classical elements, like recessed paneling, pilasters, crown moldings, and carved plaster garlands, Pheasant introduces modern details, sometimes including such flourishes and surprising complements as a scroll coffee table and a room screen of ribbed, translucent glass. Unafraid of combining pieces from various traditions, he achieves a sense of harmony and balance. This lavish offering of his work gives the reader a sensible, artful approach to interior design, presenting models of great aesthetic subtlety and beauty. Based in Washington, D.C., Thomas Pheasant works around the globe. Recent projects include the redesign of Blair House, the President’s guest house on Pennsylvania Avenue across from the White House, and apartments in Washington, New York, Paris, and Moscow. Never a strict by-the-book traditionalist, Pheasant responds to and sees in classicism its rational order, its quietude, its serenity.
Newsletter
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Newsletter written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
Department Of State News Letter
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Author : United States. Department of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Department Of State News Letter written by United States. Department of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
Newsletter
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Author : United States. Department of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Newsletter written by United States. Department of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.