Name/Title
Homes and Libraries of the PresidentsEntry/Object ID
2016.2.3Description
Since William Clotworthy's Homes and Libraries of the Presidents first appeared in 1995, it has been the standard among guides to presidential homes, museums, and libraries. Not only does this book clearly identify, describe, and provide access information about nearly one hundred publicly accessible sites that commemorate and interpret the presidents of the United States, but is also provides detailed maps to assist visitors in actually finding sites that they might wish to visit and short lists of books, articles, and web sites that help readers expand upon the information presented in the site descriptions. Homes and Libraries of the Presidents is also the most frequently revised of the available presidential guidebook; the current edition, in fact, contains information that was obtained only days before the book went to press.
As noted in previous editions, there is no way for the average citizen to get closer to the intimate environments, material possessions, or creations of American presidents than to visit their homes or the museums and libraries that house and interpret their lives and legacies. Homes and Libraries of the Presidents will continue to lead the many curious and inquisitive travelers to those places that open windows onto the personal lives of some of America's most important public figures, thier families, and their times.
William G. Clotworthy retired early in the 1990s from a career in television and almost immediately started to write about the presidents of the United States.
The book is in "new" condition.Collection
BlaneyAcquisition
Accession
2016.2.0Source or Donor
Eileen B. BlaneyAcquisition Method
Gift