Download Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency - 21 Presidents, 21 Rooms, 21 Inside Stories AudioBook Free
In Under This Roof, award-winning White House journalist Paul Brandus weaves alongside one another testimonies of the presidents, their families, the events of their own time, and an oft-ignored major persona, the White House itself. From George Washington to the present occupant, Barack Obama - the storyline of the White House is the storyline of America itself, Brandus writes. You'll:
- Walk with John Adams through the still-unfinished mansion watching Thomas Jefferson story to buy the Louisiana Territory.
- Feel worries and panic as British isles invaders address the mansion in 1814 - and Dolley Madison frantically will save you a painting of Washington.
- Be in the room as one president is secretly sworn in and another gambles away the White House china in a greeting card game.
- Stand by the presidential bed as you First Lady - covering up her husband's condition from the nation-secretly makes decisions on his behalf.
- Learn how telephones, films, radio, and Television set modified the presidency - and the country itself.
