Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency--21 Presidents, 21 Rooms, 21 Inside Stories Audiobook

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 Obama—the 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 Territory



• Feel the fear and panic as British invaders approach the mansion in 1814—and Dolley Madison frantically saves a painting of Washington



• Be in the room as one president is secretly sworn in and another gambles away the White House china in a card game



• Stand by the presidential bed as one First Lady—covering up her husband's illness from the nation—secretly makes decisions on his behalf



• Learn how telephones, movies, radio, and TV changed the presidency—and the nation itself

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"[A] fast-moving and well-written history of the presidency."

— Del Quentin Wilber, author of Rawhide Down