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The First White House Library

The First White House Library

Parisian, Catherine M.

Paperback

Series: Penn State the History of the Book

General Reference19th Century United States History

ISBN10: 0271037148
ISBN13: 9780271037141
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Jun 15 2014
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.58
Height: 0.85 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

Published in association with the Bibliographical Society of America and the National First Ladies' Library

Although many early U.S. presidents were avid readers and book collectors--George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, to name a few--they usually brought their own books to the White House and removed them at the end of their terms. It was not until 1850 that Millard and Abigail Fillmore established the first official White House collection. This catalogue of the library that they assembled not only reveals much about their own preoccupations and interests and those of the age they lived in, but also provides insight into American library history, reading history, and book trade and distribution networks.

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