Publisher's Synopsis
In Under This Roof, award-winning White House journalist Paul Brandus weaves together stories of the presidents, their families, the events of their time, and an oft-ignored major character, the White House itself.From George Washington to the current occupant, Barack Obamathe story of the White House is the story of America itself, Brandus writes. You'll:Walk with John Adams through the still-unfinished mansion and watch Thomas Jefferson plot to buy the Louisiana TerritoryFeel the fear and panic as British invaders approach the mansion in 1814and Dolley Madison frantically saves a painting of WashingtonBe in the room as one president is secretly sworn in and another gambles away the White House china in a card gameStand by the presidential bed as one First Ladycovering up her husband's illness from the nationsecretly makes decisions on his behalfLearn how telephones, movies, radio, and TV changed the presidencyand the nation itselfThrough triumph and tragedy, boom and bust, secrets and scandals, Brandus brings history to life in this riveting, highly entertaining inside look at the presidency and White House.
