Collection First Children
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The American Presidents Song
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Slavery and the White House
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About Our Authors
JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
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Sharing White House History about Andrew Jackson
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
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Decorating the White House
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White House History Table of Contents
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
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Andrew Jackson's Servants
President Andrew Jackson was a slaveholder who brought a large household of slave domestics with him from Tennessee to the...
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Furnishing the White House: The Decorative Arts Collection
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The East Room
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Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian. A contributing writer for The New York Times Book Review and a...
