A treasury of White House tales
By: Webb Garrison, Beth Wieder.
Contributors: Wieder, Beth, 1967-
Edition: Updated ed.
Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: White House (Washington, D.C.) -- Anecdotes; Presidents -- United States -- Anecdotes; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The most powerful men in the world; title: Miraculous escapes led George Washington to see himself as "special"; title: Andrew Jackson's skinny body and loose coat saved his life; title: A simple military song saved John Tyler's life; title: A senator and a sculptress saved Andrew Johnson's presidency; title: Abraham Lincoln's body narrowly escaped grave robbers; title: Teddy Roosevelt's life was saved by a speech; title: The saga of White House security; title: A life and death drama took place at sea; title: Three strikes . ..  and in!; title: Though Woodrow Wilson appeared strong, he was fragile as a reed; title: Strange dreams and ominous nightmares; title: Secrets of the stars; title: What the world's most powerful men have thought of their job; title: Mental and physical health have been "issues" in many presidential campaigns; title: Off-trail glimpses and intimate insights; title: The father of his country could not satisfy his own mother; title: The unsolved riddle of Nancy Hanks and her son; title: Courting women and wealth; title: Wife opposed to women's suffrage wielded the power of the presidency for weeks; title: Wives have freely broken with precedent; title: Wives have said no and made it stick; title: Love makes the world go 'round!; title: Off-trail glimpses at wives; title: Mothers and sons; title: Having defeated the British, George Washington refused to become king; title: The first president also was the first to flex his muscles; title: Thomas Jefferson went outside the law in America's largest land deal; title: Two presidents brought Texas into the Union under the rug; title: Under pressure of Civil War, the Constitution was pushed aside; title: Herbert Hoover sent future military leaders against veterans; title: The East Wing staff has mushroomed in near secrecy; title: John Quincy Adams reluctantly talked to a woman reporter; title: A landmark campaign made the log cabin a powerful symbol; title: John Tyler ignored opposition and moved into the White House; title: Crete Garfield took the first fumbling steps toward air conditioning; title: A master of words, John F. Kennedy was also a war hero who narrowly escaped death; title: George Bush was the Navy's youngest pilot; title: To shake hands or not to shake hands; title: Many a pet has lived in the White House; title: A wild pitch launched a lasting sports ritual; title: William Howard Taft's Stanley Steamer was squeezed into the White House stable; title: First events and achievements; title: Deeply in debt, Thomas Jefferson tried to sell Monticello at lottery; title: For James Monroe, "compensation" was too little, too late; title: A phony White House controversy became a major campaign issue; title: Abraham Lincoln was a high-powered and sometimes high-priced attorney; title: Ulysses S. Grant won his battle with bankruptcy; title: Now-priceless memorabilia were sold as scrap and hauled off as junk; title: Presidents have had some unusual first paying jobs; title: Gifts and loans have provoked the public interest; title: Bush and Clinton: the two very different men who ushered in the new millennium.