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English Summary/英文概要： A fascinating collection of more than 100 vignettes drawn from the life and times of America’s most famous and legendary home. Here are stories about the house itself and how it has evolved over the years, as well as stories about its famous occupants. Best Little Stories from the White House is a fascinating collection of more than 100 vignettes drawn from the life and times of America’s most famous and legendary home. Here are stories about the house itself and how it has evolved over the years, as well as stories about its famous occupants. For instance did you know: *Woodrow Wilson used to chase up and down the White House corridors playing "rooster fighting" with his daughter Nellie.
*Winston Churchill once suffered a minor heart episode while struggling with a stuck window in the White House.
*Among the menagerie tended by Theodore Roosevelt’s children was the pony Algonquin, whom the siblings sneaked upstairs in the White House elevator to cheer up their sick brother.
*"Silent" Calvin Coolidge liked to play pranks on his staff — he would press the call buttons on this desk, then hide behind the door as Secret Service agents, secretaries, military aides, and other support staff streamed in to look for him.
At Boris Yeltsin’s first state dinner at the White House — the first state dinner for a non-Communist Russian leader since the nineteenth century — George and Barbara Bush presented him with an automatic tennis-ball server. Also included are stories of the experiences of several first ladies, including Dolley Madison, Harriet "Hal" Lane (niece of James Buchanan), Mary Lincoln, Jacqueline Kennedy, Barbara Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Laura Bush.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书打开白宫的大门，向您讲述白宫的历史以及伴随着岁月变迁发生在白宫里的名人轶事。
书中不仅罗列了发生在美国总统身上的故事，还有那些拜访白宫的各国著名领导人的故事也会精彩地呈现在我们眼前。
本书汇编了100多桩发生在白宫里的趣闻轶事。书中不仅讲述了白宫本身的故事及其演化历史，并涵盖了有关许多著名白宫入住者们的轶闻。如：
Woodrow Wilson (伍德罗•威尔逊) 时常在白宫过道里与女儿Nellie玩“斗鸡”游戏；
在Winston Churchill （温斯顿•丘吉尔） 访问白宫期间，他试图要打开一扇卡住的窗户，但由于用力过猛而险些心脏病复发；
Theodore Roosevelt (西奥多•罗斯福) 的孩子牵着小马一起溜上白宫内的电梯上楼，为的是让他们生病的兄弟开心点；
Boris Yeltsin （叶利钦）首次参加美国国宴时，George Bush （乔治•布什） 和Barbara Bush （芭芭拉•布什）赠送给他一个自动的网球服务器。 书中还包括一些第一夫人的故事，如：Dolley Madison, Harriet “Hal” Lane (niece of James Buchanan), Mary Lincoln, Jacqueline Kennedy, Barbara Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton 和 Laura Bush.(YM)
Awards/获奖情况： A slew of people died, or got married at the White House. Taft put in a giant bath tub to accommodate his girth and rudimentary air conditioning cooled James A. Garfield’s sick room in 1881. "Best Little Stories from the White House" is "all that" and more. It’s much more of a fact and interest book. I’d hate to call it trivia) than it is a gossip book, but there are great tidbits on how, say, outgoing presidential families related to incoming ones, etc. C. Brian Kelly’s Cumberland House book is well planned, attractive and celebrates the 200th anniversary of the White House. ---Port Arthur News, October 10, 1999 This is a wonderful, humorous and informative book. I learned things from reading it about the White House and the president I never knew before.... It is fascinating reading and you won’t want to put it down. ---Valdosta Times, October 10, 1999
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