Best Little Stories from the White House

By C. Brian Kelly

Book Overview

Best Little Stories from the White House is a fascinating collection of more than 100 vignettes drawn from the life and times of America's most famous and legendary home. Here are stories about the house itself and how it has evolved over the years, as well as stories about its famous occupants. Did you know, for instance: that Winston Churchill once suffered a minor heart episode while struggling with a stuck window in the White House? that at the height of the Cold War, Dwight Eisenhower's new 707 jet was outfitted with spy cameras for a flight to Moscow - until events forced the plane to turn for home? that at Boris Yeltsin's first state dinner at the White House - the first state dinner for a non-Communist Russian leader since the nineteenth century - George and Barbara Bush presented him with an automatic tennis-ball server? Also included are stories of several first ladies and their experiences on Pennsylvania Avenue, including Dolley Madison, Miss Harriet Hal Lane (niece of James Buchanan), Mary Lincoln, Jacqueline Kennedy, Barbara Bush, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581820399
• ISBN13: 9781581820393
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Reveals much about the Presidents, their families, visitors to the White House

If you want lively vignettes drawn from the life of America's White House residents, this light-hearted look at White House behind-the-scenes action is for you. From an automatic tennis ball server presented to Boris Yeltsin at his first state dinner at the White House to funny invitations, strange delegations, the antics and children and parents, and more, Best Little Stories From The White House's second edition reveals much about the Presidents, their families, visitors to the White House.