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Guest of honor : Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House dinner that shocked a nation
Title:
Guest of honor : Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House dinner that shocked a nation
ISBN:
9781439169810

9781439169827
Edition:
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Atria Books, c2012.
Physical Description:
x, 308 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
The Big House -- Strive and succeed -- The force that wins -- An exemplary young gentleman -- Brick by brick -- Great expectations -- Let me keep loving -- Moving up -- Rough riding -- Rising stars -- Jump Jim Crow -- Pride and prejudice -- That damned cowboy -- Best behavior -- Lazy days - -A wild ride -- The people's president -- The family circus -- Behind closed doors -- Fathers and daughters -- Bold moves -- Dinner is served -- A big stink -- Sitting ducks -- Undercover -- Blindsided -- Slipping away -- Eulogies.
Summary:
Documents the 1901 White House dinner shared by former slave Booker T. Washington and President Theodore Roosevelt, documenting the ensuing scandal and the ways in which the event reflected post-Civil War politics and race relations.
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