This book tells the story of the wives, children, extended families, and pets as well as the presidents who have lived in the White House, a lively look at how presidential families learned to cope with the demands and grandeur imposed on them and worked to create a home in a beloved but often stifling national monument. Its residents quickly learn that in return for its many perks, the White House makes its own demands--while it enhances their status,...

Theodore Roosevelt is one of the most written-about presidents in American history, yet one poignant tale about this larger-than-life man hasn't been told. One of the causes he championed the hardest -- America's entry in to WWI -- took his youngest and favorite son in an air fight.

America's First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs of the President and First...

This groundbreaking book offers an entertaining, authoritative account that reveals the public failures and personal triumphs of the extraordinary offspring of the nation's chief executives. of full-color photos.

Looks at the lives of Abraham Lincoln and his family, including the relationship between the president and his sons.

Provides a look at the personal lives led by the leaders of the nation and their family inside the walls of the White House.

An authoritative analysis of the extraordinary people born to American presidents throughout history.

"The acclaimed author of America's Obsessives provides a look into American history and the fathering styles of U.S. presidents,"--NoveList.

Most US Presidents have had children, but by the time a President takes office, most of those children have already grown up. So when Teddy Roosevelt's six children or 3-year-old Caroline Kennedy moved into the White House, the whole country took interest! Readers will delve into what it's like growing up in the most famous house in America, including where President's kids have gone to school and what they've liked to do for fun. From the mischievous...