Fingerprints on the Table: The Story of the White House Treaty Table
Autor Connie Remlinger Trounstine Ilustrat de Kerry P. Talbotten Limba Engleză Hardback – iul 2013 – vârsta de la 8 până la 12 ani
Fingerprints on the Table: The Story of the White House Treaty Table by Connie Remlinger Trounstine, illustrated by Kerry P. Talbott, tells the story about the Treaty Table, a real object that remains in the White House collection today.
Through moving illustrations, the story of the Table is told from its construction in 1869 to its use at the White House by Presidents Ulysses S. Grant to Barack Obama as a Cabinet Room Table, a setting for the signing of important peace treaties, and as a presidential workspace. The author speculates on whether the presidents' children may have also left their fingerprints on this historic object over the years.
Through moving illustrations, the story of the Table is told from its construction in 1869 to its use at the White House by Presidents Ulysses S. Grant to Barack Obama as a Cabinet Room Table, a setting for the signing of important peace treaties, and as a presidential workspace. The author speculates on whether the presidents' children may have also left their fingerprints on this historic object over the years.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781931917148
ISBN-10: 1931917140
Pagini: 48
Ilustrații: 22
Dimensiuni: 235 x 313 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Editura: White House Historical Association
ISBN-10: 1931917140
Pagini: 48
Ilustrații: 22
Dimensiuni: 235 x 313 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Editura: White House Historical Association
Recenzii
"[Author Connie Trounstine's] 48-page book, with illustrations by Kerry P. Talbott, tells the story of the table from its conception and design to its role in actual historical events involving presidents and their families.
Grant's cabinet met around the table, and each cabinet member had his own drawer for storing private papers. Calvin Coolidge signed a peace treaty on the table with 14 other nations. Barack Obama uses the table as his desk in his private office on the White House's second floor.
In her book, Trounstine, who lives in Cincinnati, notes that many presidents have left their fingerprints on the table while working to bring peace to the world. She also speculates on whether the children of any presidents might have jiggled the table's drawers and left there own fingerprints there.
Trounstine never got to see the table herself because it is in a private room that is off-limits to the public. But she hope's the table's story will stir children's curiosity, just as it did hers, and perhaps give them a personal connection to history."
—Scripps Howard News Service, July 2, 2013
Grant's cabinet met around the table, and each cabinet member had his own drawer for storing private papers. Calvin Coolidge signed a peace treaty on the table with 14 other nations. Barack Obama uses the table as his desk in his private office on the White House's second floor.
In her book, Trounstine, who lives in Cincinnati, notes that many presidents have left their fingerprints on the table while working to bring peace to the world. She also speculates on whether the children of any presidents might have jiggled the table's drawers and left there own fingerprints there.
Trounstine never got to see the table herself because it is in a private room that is off-limits to the public. But she hope's the table's story will stir children's curiosity, just as it did hers, and perhaps give them a personal connection to history."
—Scripps Howard News Service, July 2, 2013
Descriere
Fingerprints on the Table: The Story of the White House Treaty Table by Connie Remlinger Trounstine, illustrated by Kerry P. Talbott, tells the story about the Treaty Table, a real object that remains in the White House collection today.
Through moving illustrations, the story of the Table is told from its construction in 1869 to its use at the White House by Presidents Ulysses S. Grant to Barack Obama as a Cabinet Room Table, a setting for the signing of important peace treaties, and as a presidential workspace. The author speculates on whether the presidents' children may have also left their fingerprints on this historic object over the years.
Through moving illustrations, the story of the Table is told from its construction in 1869 to its use at the White House by Presidents Ulysses S. Grant to Barack Obama as a Cabinet Room Table, a setting for the signing of important peace treaties, and as a presidential workspace. The author speculates on whether the presidents' children may have also left their fingerprints on this historic object over the years.