A fascinating history of U.S. presidential vacation spots—collected for the first time in one guide that covers everything from Mount Vernon to Kennebunkport to Camp David.
Where do you go to relax when you’re the leader of the free world?
Even the president needs to get away from it all sometimes. From George Washington to Barack Obama, each of our presidents has sought solace from the tightly structured daily routines of the White House. As Ronald Reagan once said of his California ranch, “I do some of my best thinking there.” Peter Hannaford takes readers on a fascinating armchair vacation with each of our leaders, offering unique historical context for the why and the where of their chosen retreats.
Which president asked visiting foreign dignitaries to send him seeds to plant at his family home? Who called his vacation property “Sherwood Forest” because it was “a good place for an outlaw”? Which adventure-loving Commander-in- Chief set up a Summer White House in New York every year? Who liked to cruise aboard the presidential yacht when faced with momentous wartime decisions? Who polled the American people to help him decide where to vacation?
Presidential Retreats explores a side of the American presidency that we don’t often see—the downtime—as it offers an intriguing glimpse at the evolution of leisure time in this country.
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- English
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1. George Washington, 1st President
- 2. John Adams, 2nd President
- 3. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President
- 4. James Madison, 4th President
- 5. James Monroe, 5th President
- 6. John Quincy Adams, 6th President
- 7. Andrew Jackson, 7th President
- 8. Martin Van Buren, 8th President
- 9. William Henry Harrison, 9th President
- 10. John Tyler, 10th President
- 11. James K. Polk, 11th President
- 12. Zachary Taylor, 12th President
- 13. Millard Fillmore, 13th President
- 14. Franklin Pierce, 14th President
- 15. James Buchanan, 15th President
- 16. Abraham Lincoln, 16th President
- 17. Andrew Johnson, 17th President
- 18. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President
- 19. Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President
- 20. James A. Garfield, 20th President
- 21. Chester A. Arthur, 21st President
- 22. Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President
- 23. Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President
- 24. William McKinley, 25th President
- 25. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President
- 26, William Howard Taft, 27th President
- 27. Woodrow Wilson, 28th President
- 28. Warren G. Harding, 29th President
- 29. Calvin Coolidge, 30th President
- 30. Herbert Hoover, 31st President
- 31. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President
- 32. Harry Truman, 33rd President
- 33. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President
- 34. John F. Kennedy, 35th President
- 35. Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President
- 36. Richard M. Nixon, 37th President
- 37. Gerald R. Ford, 38th President
- 38. James Earl (“Jimmy”) Carter, 39th President
- 39. Ronald Reagan, 40th President
- 40. George H. W. Bush, 41st President
- 41. William J. Clinton, 42nd President
- 42. George W. Bush, 43rd President
- 43. Barack Obama, 44th President
- 44. Camp David
- Acknowledgments
- Photographs
- About Peter Hannaford
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
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