The butler : a witness to history
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2013.
Edition
First 37 Ink/Atrica Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 96 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Status
Cottonwood Public Library - KZNF - Kids Zone - Nonfiction
92 ALL
1 available
92 ALL
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Cottonwood Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
92 ALLEN
1 available
92 ALLEN
1 available
Prescott High School - NF - Nonfiction Books
921 ALL
1 available
921 ALL
1 available
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Published
New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2013.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First 37 Ink/Atrica Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 79).
Description
"When acclaimed Washington Post writer Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Obama would win the 2008 election, he thought he'd highlight the singular moment by exploring the life of someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread, so embedded in the culture as to make the very thought of a black president inconceivable. He struck gold when he tracked down Eugene Allen, a butler who had served no fewer than eight presidents, from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. During his thirty-four years of service, Allen became what the Independent described as a "discreet stagehand who for three decades helped keep the show running in the most important political theatre of all." While serving tea and supervising buffets, Allen was also a witness to history as decisions about America's most momentous events were being made. Here he is at the White House while Kennedy contemplates the Cuban missile crisis; here he is again when Kennedy's widow returns from that fateful day in Dallas. Here he is when Johnson and his cabinet debate Vietnam, and here he is again when Ronald Reagan is finally forced to get tough on apartheid. Perhaps hitting closest to home was the civil rights legislation that was developed, often with passions flaring, right in front of his eyes even as his own community of neighbors, friends, and family were contending with Jim Crow America."--Amazon.com.
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Cottonwood Public Library - KZNF - Kids Zone - Nonfiction | 92 ALL | Find It Now |
Cottonwood Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 92 ALLEN | Find It Now |
Prescott High School - NF - Nonfiction Books | 921 ALL | Find It Now |
Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 973.92092 ALLEN | Find It Now |
Prescott Valley Public Library - BIO - Biography Collection | ALLEN, EUGENE | Find It Now |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Haygood, W. (2013). The butler : a witness to history (First 37 Ink/Atrica Books hardcover edition.). 37 Ink/Atria.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Haygood, Wil. 2013. The Butler : A Witness to History. 37 Ink/Atria.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Haygood, Wil. The Butler : A Witness to History 37 Ink/Atria, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Haygood, Wil. The Butler : A Witness to History First 37 Ink/Atrica Books hardcover edition., 37 Ink/Atria, 2013.
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