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[Sabina]

Pets at the White House
by Carl Carmer
Illustrated by Sam Savitt
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1959
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 59-11501

I have a scanned copy of the book cover as well as the back cover which has author biographical information and a scanned copy of the author's photo that can be added to the author's page.

[Melaslithos]

Hi,
I created the book, here it is:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

And yes, please give a link to your scanned bookcover (you can put it in dropbox, flickr, etc.).

Also, can you please give the following info:
- format (paperback ? hardback ?)
- number of pages

[Sabina]

I'm not sure I did this correctly - let me know if the links don't work.
-format - hardback with dust jacket
96 pages

Here is the blurb on the dust jacket:
"The unpretentious dog, horse and parrot are among the wide variety of tame animals who kept the celebrated company of our country's leaders. In this delightfully illustrated book, Carl Carmer relates the fascinating stories of the favorite pets of ten Presidents and their families.
Here are the behind-the-scene glimpses of Martha Washington riding her horse up and down the stairs of a sedate house....Tad Lincoln driving a herd of goats through the East Room of the executive mansion....Thomas Jefferson feeding his mocking-bird..Zack Taylor's horse, "Old Whitey," upsetting a dignified parade.
The tales are arranged chronologically, starting with President Washington and ending with President Eisenhower, and each is set against a background of the historical events of the period.

Back cover:
Carl Cramer is a former professor of English, columnist, and assistant editor of Vanity Fair and Theatre Arts Monthly. In more than thirty years of writing he has produced an impressive list of books, including history, historical novels, poetry and juveniles. Born in Cortland, New York, Mr. Carmer now lives in one of the showplaces of the Hudson River Valley--an old octagonal house in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.



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Thanks!! Sabina

[Melaslithos]

Thank you.

I updated the book data.