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Also by Barry H. Landau:

The President's Table, November 2007
Hardcover

THE PRESIDENT'S TABLE
By: Barry H. Landau

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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