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Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy
Collins
November 2007
On Sale: October 30, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 0060899107
EAN: 9780060899103
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
The President's Table offers a sweeping visual
history of the American Presidency as seen through
Presidential entertaining from George Washington to George
W. Bush. In this lavishly illustrated history of
Presidential dining, historian Barry Landau brings the
backstory of the American Presidency to life. Interweaving
stories of dining and diplomacy, he creates a spellbinding
narrative from the early days of provincial entertaining in
the capital, through the golden era of sumptuous state
banquets, to the modern White House dinners of today.
With more than 300 never before seen illustrations,
The President's Table provides an insightful and
entertaining look at our dining habits as the nation grew
through social and economic change. The book reveals the
parallel growth of the United States and its Chief
Executives, and the diplomatic and political interests
served along with Presidential meals. The President's
Table will fascinate anyone with an interest in American
history and Presidential politics.
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