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Children of politicians Fiction Governors' spouses Fiction Large type books Lincoln, Mary Todd 1818-1882 Fiction Manners and customs Political culture Sprague, Kate Chase 1840-1899 Fiction Washington (D.C.) Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs 19th century FictionBrower, Kate Andersen.
Summary: "America's first families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, [this book] reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 BROCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 BROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 975.3 BROClose, Jennifer
Summary: "A brilliantly funny novel about ambition and marriage from the best selling author of Girls in White Dresses, The Better Half tells the story of a young wife who follows her husband and his political dreams to D.C., a city of idealism, gossip, and complicated friendships among young Washington's aspiring elite. When Beth arrives in Washington, D.C., she hates everything about it: the confusing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLOClose, Jennifer
Summary: The story of a young wife who follows her husband and his political dreams to D.C., a city of idealism, gossip, and complicated friendships among young Washington's aspiring elite.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CLODaniels, Jonathan
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1968
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 DANBrower, Kate Andersen
Summary: Andersen Brower shares a special inside look into the most famous home in America--and the lives of hardworking staff members and first ladies who've maintained it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 975.3 BROWhitcomb, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 WHILunis, Natalie.
Summary: Visit eleven of the most haunted spots in Washington, D.C. and come across some of its most famous ghosts. Among them are a former president who never left the White House, a vice-president who still hurries to his office in the Capitol building, and a First Lady who has found a quiet and peaceful home, years after her death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 133.1 LUNWilliams, Marjorie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 WILSummary: Contributors: Abigail McCarthy, Alice R. Longsworth, Art Buchwald, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Barbara Howar, Ben Bradlee, David Brinkley, David McCullough, Dean Acheson, Drew Pearson, Robert S. Allen, Eleanor Roosevelt, Grace Tully, Harry Truman, Henry Allen, Henry Kissinger, Isabel Anderson, Jack Anderson, Jack Valenti, James Thurber, John dos Passos, Jonathan Daniels, Lady Bird Johnson,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 KATSolomon, Burt
Summary: "Washington City, 1862: The United States lies in tatters, and there seems no end to the war. Abraham Lincoln, the legitimate President of the United States, is using all his will to keep his beloved land together. But Lincoln's will and soul are tested when tragedy strikes the White House as Willie Lincoln, the love and shining light in the president's heart, is taken by typhoid fever. But was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SOLClose, Jennifer
Summary: "A young wife follows her husband and his political dreams to Washington D.C., a city of idealism, ambition and complicated friendships among young Washington's aspiring elite"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CLOChiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: "Kate Chase was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of Salmon P. Chase. Her father was Abraham Lincoln's secretary of the treasury, and he aspired to even greater heights. Kate stepped into the role of establishing her thrice-widowed father in Washington society and as a future presidential candidate. Her efforts were successful enough that The Washington...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CHILeibovich, Mark.
Summary: "Author of the groundbreaking #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, Mark Leibovich returns with a masterly collection of portraits of Washington's elite, and wannabe elites. Hailed by The Washington Post as a 'master of the political profile,' Leibovich has spent his career writing memorable, buzz-worthy, and often jaw-dropping features about politicians and other notables. Currently chief...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320 LEIChiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, Jennifer Chiaverini, reveals the famous First Lady's very public social and political contest with Kate Chase Sprague, memorialized as "one of the most remarkable women ever known to Washington society." (Providence Journal) Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Chiaverini 2014McGill, Erin
Summary: "A clever, funny, and informative look at the pets--from Calvin Coolidge's wallaby to Teddy Roosevelt's flying squirrels--that have passed through the White House gates"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.092 MCGEsposito, Joseph A.
Summary: In April 1962, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy hosted forty-nine Nobel Prize winners -- along with many other prominent scientists, artists, and writers -- at a famed White House dinner. Among the guests were J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was officially welcomed back to Washington after a stint in the political wilderness; Linus Pauling, who had picketed the White House that very afternoon;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 ESPAchorn, Edward
Summary: "By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had slaughtered more than 700,000 Americans and left intractable wounds on the nation. That day, after a morning of rain-drenched fury, tens of thousands crowded Washington's Capitol grounds to see Abraham Lincoln take theoath for a second term. As the sun emerged, Lincoln rose to give perhaps the greatest inaugural address in American history, stunning the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 ACHMoeller, John.
Summary: This book provides an insiders view of what it is like to dine at the White House and describes Chef Moeller's most memorable moments cooking for three First Families. It includes over 100 recipes for one-of-a-kind dishes featuring his trademark use of fresh, seasonal ingredients inspired by his classical French training with an American twist. Useful chef notes help adapt fine French cooking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Lifestyle Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 642.5 MOEBoller, Paul F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.099 BOLBarry, Dave.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320 BARChiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase, rose to prominence in the antebellum years and was appointed secretary of the treasury in Abraham Lincoln' s cabinet, while aspiring to even greater heights. Beautiful, intelligent, regal, and entrancing, young Kate Chase stepped into the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014