The Living White House
Washington, DC: White House Historical Association in cooperation with the National Geographic Society, 1966. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 26 cm, 143, Illustrated endpapers. Color frontis illustration. Illustrations (some in color). Index. Foreword by Mrs. Lyndon Johnson Introduction by Bruce Catton. Behind the scenes look at the personal lives of Presidents and their families. Four-page item (pictorial) on Johnson White House wedding laid in. Name of previous owner written in ink on title page. The Living White House was first published in 1966, and it has been updated periodically with changes in administrations. Mrs. Aikman also wrote, "We the People, the Story of the United States Capitol. She began working for the National Geographic Society in 1929 as a secretary and educational assistant. She later wrote for the society's news service, then joined the senior editorial staff. She wrote 13 articles for National Geographic magazine between 1951 and 1983 on subjects ranging from the Daughters of the American Revolution to the U.S. Census. The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. Construction took place between 1792 and 1800 using Aquia Creek sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Exterior construction continued with the addition of the semi-circular South portico in 1824 and the North portico in 1829. Condition: Very good / Good.
Keywords: Rose Garden, White House, Oval Office, State Dinners, Easter Egg Roll, First Families, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Presidents
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