The Resource The hidden White House : Harry Truman and the reconstruction of America's most famous residence, Robert Klara
The hidden White House : Harry Truman and the reconstruction of America's most famous residence, Robert Klara
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The item The hidden White House : Harry Truman and the reconstruction of America's most famous residence, Robert Klara represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "In 1948, Harry Truman, President of the United States, almost fell through the ceiling of the Blue Room in a bathtub into a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A team of the nation's top architects was hastily assembled to inspect the White House, and upon seeing the state the old mansion was in, insisted the First Family be evicted immediately. What followed was the biggest home-improvement job the nation had ever seen. The Trumans moved across the street to the Blair House, the Congress argued about how much the job would cost, and then, in the midst of it all, the Soviets exploded an atomic bomb. Indefatigable researcher Rob Klara reveals what has, until now, been little understood about this episode: America's most famous historic home was basically demolished, giving birth to today's White House. The facade was left intact, but the entire structure was taken apart, removed, and replaced with a steel structure with a complex series of steel-reinforced subbasements and bomb shelters.The story of Truman's rebuilding of the White House is a snapshot of postwar America and its first Cold War leader, undertaking a job that changed a piece of America's national heritage. The job was by no means perfect, but it was remarkable--and historyhas nearly forgotten about it"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 371 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250000279
- Label
- The hidden White House : Harry Truman and the reconstruction of America's most famous residence
- Title
- The hidden White House
- Title remainder
- Harry Truman and the reconstruction of America's most famous residence
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Klara
- Subject
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- ARCHITECTURE / Historic Preservation / General
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / General
- ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
- Public buildings -- Repair and reconstruction -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
- Truman, Harry S, 1884-1972
- White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1948, Harry Truman, President of the United States, almost fell through the ceiling of the Blue Room in a bathtub into a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A team of the nation's top architects was hastily assembled to inspect the White House, and upon seeing the state the old mansion was in, insisted the First Family be evicted immediately. What followed was the biggest home-improvement job the nation had ever seen. The Trumans moved across the street to the Blair House, the Congress argued about how much the job would cost, and then, in the midst of it all, the Soviets exploded an atomic bomb. Indefatigable researcher Rob Klara reveals what has, until now, been little understood about this episode: America's most famous historic home was basically demolished, giving birth to today's White House. The facade was left intact, but the entire structure was taken apart, removed, and replaced with a steel structure with a complex series of steel-reinforced subbasements and bomb shelters.The story of Truman's rebuilding of the White House is a snapshot of postwar America and its first Cold War leader, undertaking a job that changed a piece of America's national heritage. The job was by no means perfect, but it was remarkable--and historyhas nearly forgotten about it"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Klara, Robert
- Dewey number
- 975.3/042
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- White House (Washington, D.C.)
- Truman, Harry S
- Public buildings
- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
- ARCHITECTURE / Historic Preservation / General
- Label
- The hidden White House : Harry Truman and the reconstruction of America's most famous residence, Robert Klara
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- BK0012755516
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 371 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250000279
- Lccn
- 2013020952
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- The hidden White House : Harry Truman and the reconstruction of America's most famous residence, Robert Klara
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- BK0012755516
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 371 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250000279
- Lccn
- 2013020952
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- ARCHITECTURE / Historic Preservation / General
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / General
- ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
- Public buildings -- Repair and reconstruction -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
- Truman, Harry S, 1884-1972
- White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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