Five new books capture the glitz, glam and everyday life in the White House
nypost.comLife in the White House,” a celebratory picture book written by Betty C. Monkman and published, in a newly revised 15th edition, by the White House Historical Association.A series of new books shed fresh light on both the building, home to every president and first lady since 1800, and its occupants.
With pictures on practically every page, Monkman’s new edition revives some long-forgotten moments: Dwight Eisenhower in shirtsleeves, wielding a spatula over his barbecue grill outside the Third Floor Solarium; First Lady Hillary Clinton, in pink coat and skirt, guiding a visitor on a tour of sculptures in the East Garden.
The late Tom Wolfe wrote inNew York Magazinein1968 that most politicians enter the game not to achieve fame, money, power, or policy goals: “It’s more…seeing people jump.
It’s a feeling…knowing that anywhere they go, people will move for them, give way, run errands, gather around…and jump.”In this, too, the White House represents the pinnacle.
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