School House to the White HouseThe Education of the Presidents
Published by Published in association with the Foundation for the National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Publish Date — September 2007 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 96 pages, 254 x 178mm (7 x 10 in.)
Illustrations — 130 colour and 12 mono illustrations
Hardback price — UK£14.99 / US$29.95
ISBN — 1-904832-43-1
ISBN — 978-1-904832-43-0
Book Details (pdf) — School-House-White-House.pdf
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Sales Points
Draws on numerous memoirs, photographs, scrapbooks and letters to reveal the formative experiences that shaped the lives of the presidents of the 20th-century
Accompanies a major exhibition opening at the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. and travelling to the Presidential Libraries
Fully illustrated with 130 colour, including Franklin D Roosevelt’s Groton School report cards, a photograph of Dwight Eisenhower from his freshman class at Abilene High
School, Richard Nixon’s diploma from Whittier College, California and a photograph of Ronald Reagan in his college swimming team.
About the Book
This highly-illustrated volume which uses memoirs, scrapbooks and letters to reveal the formative experiences that shaped the lives of the presidents of the 20th-century. Many of the presidents were guided by a special teacher and fondly recalled their influence. Whatever their station in life at the time, wherever in America they were educated and whatever circumstances they faced, each young man developed a special regard for schooling and the importance of education.
These memoirs and souvenirs include Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Groton School report cards, a photograph of Dwight Eisenhower from his freshman class at Abilene High School, Richard Nixon’s diploma from Whittier College, California and a photograph of Ronald Reagan on his college swimming team. Saved by the residential Libraries, they illustrate something of what these leaders accomplished, remembered and valued in the classrooms of their youth.
