Dog Days at the White House: The Outrageous Memoirs of the Presidential Kennel Keeper - Couverture souple

Bryant, Traphes

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0671805339 ISBN 13 : 9780671805333

Editeur : Pocket Books, 1976

Synopsis

Book by Traphes Bryant Frances Spatz Leighton

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

What makes this book worth reprinting is not the canine dogs described in this book but the human female kinds of dogs, the women who slept with the presidents who were not necessarily the wives. This book, nearly forgotten, was the first to reveal numerous presidential affairs. It was the first to report that President Kennedy had an insatiable appetite for women, the human kind. It was the original source for a story that has been repeated many times since. This story is found on page 38 of this book. The story goes: Jacqueline was in the presidential bed in the White House bedroom, when she discovered a woman's panties in between the sheets. She held up the panties she had found with two fingers in much the same way that she would hold up a dead mouse and she said to the president, "Would you please find out whose these are, because they are not my size?" It is a fact that every president in more than one hundred years has had a dog, with the exception of President Clinton, who had a cat, although even Clinton did finally get a dog near the end of his term. Not all of these presidents were dog lovers. In some cases, the President obviously got a dog just to get the Dog Lover's Vote. President Obama must have read this book, because when he was elected to office, he knew that the first thing he had to do was get a dog. This book starts with the punch line to a joke: "This book is dedicated to man's best friend - women".

Biographie de l'auteur

Traphes L. Bryant was born 7 February 1914 and died May 1986 in Appomattox, Virginia. He was hired in 1951 to be the White House electrician but he took an interest in the White House dogs and became the Kennel Keeper. He was in and around the executive mansion during the Sherman Adams vicuna coat affair, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the tragic death of John F. Kennedy, and the trials of LBJ as he fought to maintain his image in the face of national criticism. As he went quietly about his daily duties, Traphes Bryant became privy to many revealing, off-the-record details about the Presidents and their families. Taken from his diary, Dog Days at the White House is an irreverent and gossipy account of the private lives of some very public figures.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pocket Books
• Date d'édition: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0671805339
• ISBN 13: 9780671805333
• Reliure: Broché