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    The house tells the story : homes of the American presidents / by Adam Van Doren ; foreword by David McCullough.
    by Van Doren, Adam, 1962- author, artist.
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    Boston : David R. Godine, 2015.
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  • Dwellings in art.
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  • Presidents -- Dwellings -- United States -- Pictorial works.
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    9781567925425 (hardcover : alk. paper)
    1567925421 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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    189 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm
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    Foreword by David McCullough -- Introduction -- Springwood, Hyde Park, New York : Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York : Teddy Roosevelt -- Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia : Thomas Jefferson -- Mount Vernon, Virginia : George Washington -- Peacefield, Quincy, Massachusetts : John Adams, John Quincy Adams -- Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine : George H. W. Bush -- Woodrow Wilson Home, Washington DC : Woodrow Wilson -- John F. Kennedy House, Brookline, MA ; Joe and Rose Kennedy Home, Hyannis Port, MA : John F. Kennedy -- Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania : James Buchanan -- Calvin Coolidge Historic Site, Plymouth Notch, Vermont : Calvin Coolidge -- Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York : Martin Van Buren -- Harry Truman Home, Independence, Missouri : Harry S. Truman -- Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas : George W. Bush -- Jimmy Carter Historic Site, Plains, Georgia : Jimmy Carter -- Epilogue: The White House, Washington DC -- Brief Biographies of the Presidents -- A Gallery of Presidents' Homes -- Acknowledgments.
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    Pre-eminent historian David McCullough and noted artist Adam Van Doren unite for an excursion to the celebrated homes of fifteen American presidents, past and present.
    Van Doren invites you on an excursion to the celebrated homes of fifteen American presidents, past and present. Their architecture offers a surprising array of styles and approaches. The sketches and letters that Van Doren recorded when he toured these homes include observations that reveal much about the inhabitants. Through them, the personality of the presidents emerges.
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