Immerse In Seasons Greetings From The White House: The Collection Of Presidential Christmas Cards, Messages And Gifts Compiled By Mary E Seeley Presented In EPub
The book documents presidential Christmas cards, gifts and messages from Calvin Coolidge through George W, Bush with personal anecdotes from members of the First Families,pages. Historical Gift Book. I am doing a program on Christmas at the White House for the Daughters of the American Revolution and this is a good resource for the program.
I am focusing on the FDR years in the Season's Greetings from the White House, Pretty. I am sure the author put a lot of research into the book, I was hoping to see a colorful depiction of the President and families Christmas UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, The book is excellent for a documented Christmas greeting of the presidents and wives and detail of those items.
But, I found the book dry and not as "fun" a read as I had hoped to learn of the families Christmases at the White House.
A good book for in depth study of the subject, Very interesting background history and beautiful illustrations to accompany the text, Shows a personal side of our Chief Executives in the White House,
I've wanted to check this book out for a long time, The copy I received is in excellent condition and arrived quickly, It was much less expensive than buying the book new, I knew about recent cares but I learned about the earlier notes and greetings from the President and his family.
Ellen Kloth Wonderful
Mary Evans Seeley and her husband, Ronald, are inveterate collectors of presidential Christmas memorabilia parts of their extensive Seeley Collection have been on display at the White House and ten presidential libraries.
Encouraged by the curator of the White House to write this book, Mary Seeley has visited twelve presidential libraries, met President Reagan, interviewed Laura Bush, Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, and Betty Ford, received communications from Lady Bird Johnson and the Clinton White House, and talked with first family children.
She also interviewed the artists whose works grace the Christmas cards and gifts of the presidents, The copious research so evident in these pages came naturally to Seeley, who holds an M, A. degree in American history. The author has visited twelve presidential libraries and spoken at ten, including a one hour program from the Nixon Library televised by C SPAN and a segment on rare presidential cards for the Fox News Channel at the Carter Library.
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