Includes a timeline, questions, list of presidents and first ladies, and recommended reading. While a chapter on race-“Understanding the Past: Race and the White House”-grapples with the history of a house built by enslaved people, it also treats racism as a historical issue rather than a systemic and ongoing one. Though much of the read is enjoyable, a story about Dolley Madison is repeated, and Jackie Kennedy receives more coverage than other first ladies. presidents, including their favorite meals and quirks. Rising at dawn, they sacrifice their personal lives to serve the first family with. The narrative offers architectural details, such as Taft’s adding the Oval Office shines light into the experience of first children and pets recounts ghost stories and serves up choice details about U.S. The residence workers bring a sense of humanity and Old World values to the world’s most famous eighteen acres. Former White House correspondent Brower, who has written about this subject for adults, pays particular attention to the approximately 100 permanent nonpartisan employees, including the butlers, florists, plumbers, and chefs who keep the 132-room mansion running. This chatty behind-the-scenes look at life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue offers an uneven survey of its history and inner workings.
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