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9781439169810
hardcover
1439169810
hardcover
9781439169827
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1439169829
trade paper
9781439169810
(OCoLC)709673085
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Davis, Deborah,
1957-
Guest of honor :
Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House dinner that shocked a nation /
Deborah Davis.
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
New York :
Atria Books,
2012.
x, 308 p., [8] p. of plates :
col. ill. ;
25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-295) and index.
The Big House -- Strive and succeed -- The force that wins -- An exemplary young gentleman -- Brick by brick -- Great expectations -- Let me keep loving -- Moving up -- Rough riding -- Rising stars -- Jump Jim Crow -- Pride and prejudice -- That damned cowboy -- Best behavior -- Lazy days -- A wild ride -- The people's president -- The family circus -- Behind closed doors -- Fathers and daughters -- Bold moves -- Dinner is served -- A big stink -- Sitting ducks -- Undercover -- Blindsided -- Slipping away -- Eulogies.
Documents the 1901 White House dinner shared by former slave Booker T. Washington and President Theodore Roosevelt, documenting the ensuing scandal and the ways in which the event reflected post-Civil War politics and race relations.
20170803.
Roosevelt, Theodore
1858-1919.
Washington, Booker T
1856-1915.
African American educators
United States
Biography.
Presidents
United States
Biography.
United States
Social conditions
1865-1918.
United States
Race relations
History
20th century.
United States
Politics and government
1901-1909.
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