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Two Centuries of Scribbles, Scratches, Squiggles & Scrawls from the Oval Office
Basic Books
October 2006
On Sale: October 1, 2006
176 pages
ISBN: 0465032664
EAN: 9780465032662
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction Biography | Historical
The ultimate gift book for any American history buff--the
nation's Presidents, as they've never been seen before What were the leaders of the free world really doing during
all those meetings? As the creators of Cabinet magazine
reveal here for the first time, they were doodling. Our
Founding Fathers doodled, and so did Andrew Jackson.
Benjamin Harrison accomplished almost nothing during his
time in the White House, but he left behind some impressive
doodles. During the twentieth century--as the federal
bureaucracy grew and meetings got longer--the presidential
doodle truly came into its own. Theodore Roosevelt doodled
animals and children, while Dwight Eisenhower doodled
weapons and self-portraits. FDR doodled gunboats, and JFK
doodled sailboats. Ronald Reagan doodled cowboys and
football players and lots of hearts for Nancy. The nation
went wild for Herbert Hoover's doodles: A line of children's
clothing was patterned on his geometric designs. The creators of Cabinet magazine have spent years scouring
archives and libraries across America. They have unearthed
hundreds of presidential doodles, and here they present the
finest examples of the genre. Historian David Greenberg sets
these images in context and explains what they reveal about
the inner lives of our commanders in chief. Are Kennedy's
dominoes merely squiggles, or do they reflect deeper
anxieties about the Cold War? Why did LBJ and his cabinet
spend so much time doodling caricatures of one another?
Smart, revealing, and hilarious--Presidential Doodles is the
ideal gift for anyone interested in politics or history. And
for anyone that doodles!
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