A Treasury of White House Tales

by Webb B. Garrison

Celebrating more than two centuries of the American presidency, A Treasury of White House Tales offers fifty-seven little-known stories about presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton. A fascinating look at the world's most powerful men. Illustrated and indexed.

Genres: Presidents, Nonfiction

255 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Webb Garrison, formerly associate dean of Emory University and president of McKendree College, wrote more than 55 books. Before his death in 2000, Garrison lived in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was a lot in this book. Most of the tales came well before my time. I wish there was more from my era. I did enjoy learning trivia facts about many presidents I knew nothing about except their names.

[Dano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun read

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fascinating collection of little-known stories and anecdotes of presidential experiences. I loved finding out these uncommon facts of the chief executives and their wives and families. Corruption and foolishness didn't start recently, that's for sure.
And they don't make men like they used to...these presidents who had vast military careers...fighting for, being injured for, crashing out of planes for the country the would later lead. Wow.

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book because my "friend" (hello, Boo) coerced me into teaching a noncredit class about American history. This book seemed to fit the ticket. Fun facts about the presidents and their families. It was okay. Most of us probably knew most of these "fun facts", but I still learned a thing or two. Read only if you are bored.

[Craig · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few interesting stories, but nothing stunningly original and this type of book has been written before and typically has been done with more professionalism than this questionably researched version.

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh, it was pretty typical of these types of books. I learned a couple of new things, but there was too much emphasis on Washington and Lincoln, par for the course.