Whether you are into White House trivia or fancy dining in America, here is a wonderful hard cover book titled... The President's Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy by Barry H. Landau with 292 pages - ISBN 0060899107
This large hard cover book is in good used condition with just a little wear to the dust jacket edges from use and re-shelving. INSIDE the pages are at least 99% free of any marks, stains or writing.
The President's Table offers a sweeping visual history of the American Presidency as seen through Presidential entertaining from George Washington to George W. Bush. In this lavishly illustrated history of Presidential dining, historian Barry Landau brings the backstory of the American Presidency to life. Interweaving stories of dining and diplomacy, he creates a spellbinding narrative from the early days of provincial entertaining in the capital, through the golden era of sumptuous state banquets, to the modern White House dinners of today. With more than 300 never before seen illustrations, The President's Table provides an insightful and entertaining look at our dining habits as the nation grew through social and economic change. The book reveals the parallel growth of the United States and its Chief Executives, and the diplomatic and political interests served along with Presidential meals. The President's Table will fascinate anyone with an interest in American history and Presidential politics.
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