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Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeWhere Oh Where Should the Capital Be? The Seat of Government in an Expanding Nation, Richard W. Stephenson, Introduction by Robert GroggDetermining Where the White House Must Stand, William SealeRomantic Expansions: Looking West from the White House, Estill Curtis PenningtonPresident Thomas Jefferson's White House Museum, Painting by Peter WaddellAn Eloquent Visitor from the Great Plains:
Foreword: “Only in New York” by Marcia Mallet AndersonStreet Scenes: A New York Pedestrian’s Chance Encounters with Presidential History by Matt GreenBefore the White House: New York’s Capital Legacy by Thomas BalcerskiThe New York City Death and Burial of James Monroe by Scott HarrisMade in New York for the White House by William G. AllmanA Tiffany White House Interlud
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealePresidents and First Ladies in the Movies: Presence, Personality, and Power, Ron J. KellerPresidential Stardust: Fame, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity, Amy HendersonSets and Locations: The White House Re-Created, Diane LedermanD.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation": An Early "Blockbuster" Visits the White House, Elise K. KirkMovie Stars at the Dinner Table, William SealeWhite
Read Digital EditionForeword: William SealeThe President, the Press, and Proximity: The Creation of the White House Press Center, James A. JacobsBeyond the Press Room: Reporting from the White House Grounds Photo EssayThe White House Remembered: Volume 2, Recollections by Presidents George H. W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton, Edited by Hugh SideyLincoln in His Shop: How a President Opened His Doors
Foreword by Marcia Mallet AndersonTime on the Water: The Floating White House and the Presidents at Sea by Kenneth T. WalshGeorge Washington: Father of the United States Navy by Matthew GoetzThe Resolute Desk: A British Naval Ship Becomes an Oval Office Treasure by Patrick BurrA Titanic Loss: Remembering Archibald Butt and Francis Millet by Matthew CostelloPresident Calvin Coolidge, Lee Ping
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeFour Salutes to the Nation: The Equestrian Statues of General Andrew Jackson, James M. GoodeMaking Religion Fashionable: Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Saint John's Church, Patrick SnadonThe Corcoran Mansion: House of Feasts, Keith D. MacKayVolkmar Kurt Wentzel and His Portrayal of Washington by Night, Bruce M. WhiteThe President's Park (Give or Take a Few Acres), Lucinda Prout
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeThe President and Washington During the War with Mexico, William SealeComfort in My Retirement: Polk Place,Tom PricePortrait of Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés: A Gift to the First Lady, John HoltzappleIntroduction to The Washington Diary of Elizabeth L.C. Dixon During the Polk Administration, Caroline Welling Van DeusenJournal Written During a Residence in Wa
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeThe Willard Hotel, Elizabeth Smith BrownsteinNotable Prominent Neighbors: Personalities of Saint John's Church, Richard F. GrimmettThe Association's Decatur House on Lafayette Square: A Center for the Study of History, Neil W. HorstmanPlatform Star: Robert G. Ingersoll in Washington, Steven C. LoweUnraveling the Dolley Myths, Merry Ellen ScofieldRemembering My Mother in the White House on the
Read Digital Version Foreword, William SealeSocial Secretary "The Best Job in the White House," Mary Jo BinkerReflections: Making White House History Every Day: White House Social Secretaries, Stewart D. McLaurin Subscribe to White House History