Books with title Madeline At The White House

The most famous address in Washington, D.C., is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The White House has been the home and the office of our country's presidents since 1792; only George Washington never lived there. The house has four main purposes. The East Wing is the home to the First Family. The President and staff have offices in the West Wing. Foreign heads of state are greeted here. Displays of items collected by each president serve as a history museum. Readers join a tour of the Executive Mansion as they read, growing to understand this symbol of freedom and democracy.

Excerpt from The White HouseThat was what the rain said, the wind-driven summer rain, lashing the long line of windows in sudden angry rushes, beating it out against the windows in that long room which had been devised to be unlike everybody else's rooms, not quite a picture-gallery and not quite a drawing-room, - a store-house for things of exceeding value, rare flowers that perish in aday, rarer furniture that had belonged to a martyr queen, or had been sold at an amazing price on that pretence.The beating of the rain upon glass grew louder, and told the story of life-weariness with brutal emphasis.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Learn about the home of the presidents of the United States, how it was built, its history, and the changes it has undergone. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions and sidebars, detailed photographs, informational diagrams, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author.

Excerpt from The White HouseThat was what the rain said, the wind-driven summer rain, lashing the long line of windows in sudden angry rushes, beating it out against the windows in that long room which had been devised to be unlike everybody else's rooms, not quite a picture-gallery and not quite a drawing-room, - a store-house for things of exceeding value, rare flowers that perish in aday, rarer furniture that had belonged to a martyr queen, or had been sold at an amazing price on that pretence.The beating of the rain upon glass grew louder, and told the story of life-weariness with brutal emphasis.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The White HouseThe Commercial Club, as an organization embracing the large commercial interests of Chicago, the desire of which is to promote in every way possible the well-being of the community and of the nation, had co-operated with the Chicago regiments both before and during the mobilization. This troop movement had, for the first time, brought the Guardsmen together in number. It had given the officers of the Guard an opportunity to see what the country could expect of the state troops in case of war. The members of the Club desired to inform themselves as to the opinionresulting from this demonstration of the strength and weak ness of our present system with a View to aiding in the creation of a rational military system in place of the chaotic condition now existing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.