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The Nixon White House Redecoration and Acquisition Program
Author | : Patrick Phillips-Schrock |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2016-05-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781476662046 |
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A positive legacy of the troubled Nixon administration--and one virtually unknown to the American public--is the extensive acquisition of valuable art and antiques for the White House and the redecoration of the executive mansion by Pat Nixon. With the help of an aggressive curator, Clement Conger, and a talented interior designer, Edward Vason Jones, the First Lady quietly erased much of the historic decor of Jacqueline Kennedy's Camelot and introduced an academic look to the State Rooms which endures to this day. Nixon marked his presidential territory with a complete renovation of the West Wing--a harbinger of the First Lady's plans. They implemented a massive fundraising campaign to bankroll the refurbishment, which resulted in one of the foremost collections of art, art objects, furniture, paintings and sculpture in America. This book presents the never before told story of the Nixons' remodeling of the White House, motivated by the approaching American Bicentennial and a desire to restore respect to the presidency through the arts.
The Nixon White House Redecoration and Acquisition Program
Author | : Patrick Phillips-Schrock |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2016-06-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781476622385 |
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A positive legacy of the troubled Nixon administration—and one virtually unknown to the American public—is the extensive acquisition of valuable art and antiques for the White House and the redecoration of the executive mansion by Pat Nixon. With the help of an aggressive curator, Clement Conger, and a talented interior designer, Edward Vason Jones, the First Lady quietly erased much of the historic décor of Jacqueline Kennedy’s Camelot and introduced an academic look to the State Rooms which endures to this day. Nixon marked his presidential territory with a complete renovation of the West Wing—a harbinger of the First Lady’s plans. They implemented a massive fundraising campaign to bankroll the refurbishment, which resulted in one of the foremost collections of art, art objects, furniture, paintings and sculpture in America. This book presents the never before told story of the Nixons’ remodeling of the White House, motivated by the approaching American Bicentennial and a desire to restore respect to the presidency through the arts.
King Richard
Author | : Michael Dobbs |
Publsiher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2021-05-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780385350105 |
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ONE OF USA TODAY'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A riveting account of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed, and ultimately toppled, a president—from the best-selling author of One Minute to Midnight. In January 1973, Richard Nixon had just been inaugurated after winning re-election in a historic landslide. He enjoyed an almost 70 percent approval rating. But by April 1973, his presidency had fallen apart as the Watergate scandal metastasized into what White House counsel John Dean called “a full-blown cancer.” King Richard is the intimate, utterly absorbing narrative of the tension-packed hundred days when the Watergate conspiracy unraveled as the burglars and their handlers turned on one another, exposing the crimes of a vengeful president. Drawing on thousands of hours of newly-released taped recordings, Michael Dobbs takes us into the heart of the conspiracy, recreating these traumatic events in cinematic detail. He captures the growing paranoia of the principal players and their desperate attempts to deflect blame as the noose tightens around them. We eavesdrop on Nixon plotting with his aides, raging at his enemies, while also finding time for affectionate moments with his family. The result is an unprecedentedly vivid, close-up portrait of a president facing his greatest crisis. Central to the spellbinding drama is the tortured personality of Nixon himself, a man whose strengths, particularly his determination to win at all costs, become his fatal flaws. Rising from poverty to become the most powerful man in the world, he commits terrible errors of judgment that lead to his public disgrace. He makes himself—and then destroys himself. Structured like a classical tragedy with a uniquely American twist, King Richard is an epic, deeply human story of ambition, power, and betrayal.
Historic Preservation
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Dwellings |
ISBN | : WISC:89066129222 |
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The Lonely Lady of San Clemente
Author | : Lester David,David Lester |
Publsiher | : Berkley Books |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1979-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0425042537 |
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Battling for the National Parks
Author | : George B. Hartzog, Jr. |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1993-08 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0918825954 |
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The story of Hartzog's struggle to save and improve the American National Park system.
Guide to the Collections of the Smithsonian Videohistory Program
Author | : Joan M. Mathys |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Biology |
ISBN | : CHI:38891357 |
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The New York Times Index
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1556 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : New York times |
ISBN | : UCD:31175029878900 |
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