Tables
Preface
Part I. Introduction: The "First Home"
Overview: Welcome to the White House
1. At Home with the First Families
Robert P. Watson
2. Political Architecture: The Building of the President's House
Russell L. Mahan
3. Rooms of Their Own: First Ladies and Their Impact on Historic White House Rooms
Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada
Part II. Private Lives in a Public Home: Media Coverage of First Families
Overview: On Stage in a Public Home
4. The Media in Their Midst
Carol Lynn Bower
5. The Carter White House: The Public and Semiprivate Lives of the First Family
Virginia A. Chanley
6. A Tale of Two Brothers: Billy Carter, Roger Clinton, and the Media
Christopher S. Kelley
7. First Sons versus First Daughters: A Gender Bias in News Media Coverage?
Lori Cox Han
Part III. Profiles of First Families in the White House
Overview: Calling the White House "Home"
8. "A Hell on Earth": The Pierce Marriage During the White House Years, 1853-1857
Michael J. C. Taylor
9. TR's White House: The Biggest First Family
Tom Lansford
10. The Scandalous Hardings
James S. McCallops
Part IV. Preserving the President's House
Overview: A Mansion with a History
11. Renovating the White House: A Brief History
Robert E. Dewhirst
12. Preserving the President's House: The Office of the White House Curator
Michael E. Long
13. Edith Roosevelt and the 1902 White House Renovation
Tom Lansford
14. The Truman Renovations of the White House: The House That Harry (Re)Built
Raymond Frey
Appendixes
1. White House Floor Plan
2. First Families, 1789-2002
Bibliography
Contributors
Index