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    A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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    ISBN
    9780923891961

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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Ishi Press International
    ISBN-10
    092389196X
    ISBN-13
    9780923891961
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    20038686220

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
    Topic
    Women, Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, Cultural Heritage, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Presidents & Heads of State
    Publication Year
    2008
    Number of Pages
    346 Pages
    Language
    English
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
    Author
    Lillian Rogers Parks
    Format
    Perfect

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    2010-513553
    Dewey Edition
    22
    Dewey Decimal
    973.09/9
    Synopsis
    This is the combined biography of two domestic servants, a mother and her daughter, each of whom worked for thirty years in the White House. In 1909, he mother was hired by President Taft, who was the first president ever to allow a Black person to enter the White House. She worked in the White House until 1939. Her daughter was hired by President Hoover in 1929 and she worked there until the final days of the Eisenhower Administration in 1959. This book should be required reading for every serious student of American history. The authors were eye witnesses to some of the great events of history and offer different prospectives from that found elsewhere. For example, we learn that when Calvin Coolidge announced in 1927 that he did not intend to run for re-election, he was playing hard-to-get. He believed that the people would insist that he accept a third term of office. He expected to be drafted. He actually wanted a third term in office. Coolidge was disappointed when Herbert Hoover was nominated as he disagreed with Hoover's ideas and policies. We learn that in the last year and a half of the presidency of President Woodrow Wilson, he had to be wheeled around the White House in a wheel chair and was often engaged in "sickbed rambling." When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office as president, he was an invalid, confined to a wheelchair. Few Americans knew this and elaborate means were devised to make it appear that Roosevelt was robust and healthy. Whenever he was to speak, railings were created beside where he was to be standing. This was done so that it would appear that FDR was walking, taking a few steps up to the speaker's podium, when in reality the handrails were holding him up and he was dragging his feet a short distance to create the illusion that he was walking. Also, Roosevelt was dependent on his mother, Sara Delano, who had all the money and controlled his finances.
    LC Classification Number
    E176.1.P37 2008
    As told to
    Leighton, Frances Spatz

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