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Presidential retreats : where they went and why they went there /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hannaford, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Threshold Books, [2012]
Edition:1st Threshold Editions trade pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Presidents > Homes and haunts > United States.
Presidents > Travel > United States.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Dwellings > United States > History.
Vacation homes > United States > History.
Historic sites > United States.
United States > History, Local.
Presidents > Homes and haunts > United States > Guidebooks.
Dwellings > United States > Guidebooks.
Historic sites > United States > Guidebooks.
Table of Contents:
  • George Washington, Mount Vernon, Virginia
  • John Adams, Adams National Historical Park, Massachusetts
  • Thomas Jefferson, Poplar Forest, Virginia
  • James Madison, Montpelier, Virginia
  • James Monroe, Ash Lawn-Highland, Virginia
  • John Quincy Adams, Adams National Historical Park, Massachusetts
  • Andrew Jackson, The Hermitage, Tennessee
  • Martin Van Buren, Lindenwald, Ohio
  • William Henry Harrison, Berkeley Plantation, Virginia
  • John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, Virginia
  • James K. Polk, The Polk Home, Tennessee
  • Zachary Taylor, Springfield, Kentucky
  • Millard Fillmore, The Fillmore Mansion, New York
  • Franklin Pierce, The Pierce Manse, Massachusetts
  • James Buchanan, Wheatland, Massachussetts
  • Abraham Lincoln, 16th The Lincoln Cottage, Washington D.C.
  • Andrew Johnson, The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Tennessee
  • Ulysses S. Grant, hometown; Grant's Tomb, New York
  • Rutherford B. Hayes, The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Ohio
  • James A. Garfield, The James A. Garfield National Historic Site, Ohio
  • Chester A. Arthur, The Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York City
  • Grover Cleveland, Grover Cleveland Park, New Jersey
  • Benjamin Harrison, The Benjamin Harris Presidential Site, Indiana
  • William McKinley, The William McKinley Library & Museum, Ohio
  • Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, New York
  • William Howard Taft, The William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Ohio
  • Woodrow Wilson,The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum, Ohio
  • Warren Harding, The Harding Home, Ohio
  • Calvin Coolidge, Plymouth Notch, Vermont
  • Herbert Hoover, Camp Rapidan, Virginia
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, Warm Springs, Georgia
  • Harry Truman, The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, Missouri
  • Dwight D, Eisenhower, The Eisenhower Historical Site, Pennsylvania
  • John F. Kennedy, Glen-Ora, Virginia
  • Lyndon B. Johnson, The LBJ Ranch, Texas
  • Richard M. Nixon, Key Biscayne, Florida
  • Gerald R. Ford, Vail, Colorado
  • James E. Carter, The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, Georgia
  • Ronald Reagan, Rancho del Cielo, California
  • George H.W. Bush, Kennebunkport, Maine
  • William Clinton, The William J. Clinton Presidential Library, Arkansas
  • George W. Bush, Prairie Chapel Ranch, Texas
  • Barack Obama, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
  • Camp David, Maryland.