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Dog Days at the White House by Traphes Bryant
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Bryant, Traphes. Dog Days at the White House, The Outrageous Memoirs of the Presidential Kennel Keeper. Third Printing. 1975. Co-written with Frances Spatz Leighton. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition.
In a town like Washington, D.C., “man’s best friend” is often his only true one. And, while a dog might be trusted not to reveal his master’s secrets, the same cannot be said for his kennel keeper. It is a lesson that John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon evidently disregarded. This amusing and gossipy book does more than simply relate American history through the eyes of presidential pets, it reveals secrets that more traditional biographers steered clear of in that era. Traphes Bryant dishes, but gently so. One must read in between the lines, but NHL tends to believe most of the allegations in the book—certainly the tales of JFK’s naked pool parties have stood the test of time, but just as fascinating (and far less covered by historians) is the special someone whom Richard Nixon entertained in the White House.
“Knowing how JFK loved stories that laughed at death, I really think he must have looked down and shaken his head over all the tears that fell when he died and all the mourning and show and sorrow.”
--Traphes Bryant
In a town like Washington, D.C., “man’s best friend” is often his only true one. And, while a dog might be trusted not to reveal his master’s secrets, the same cannot be said for his kennel keeper. It is a lesson that John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon evidently disregarded. This amusing and gossipy book does more than simply relate American history through the eyes of presidential pets, it reveals secrets that more traditional biographers steered clear of in that era. Traphes Bryant dishes, but gently so. One must read in between the lines, but NHL tends to believe most of the allegations in the book—certainly the tales of JFK’s naked pool parties have stood the test of time, but just as fascinating (and far less covered by historians) is the special someone whom Richard Nixon entertained in the White House.
“Knowing how JFK loved stories that laughed at death, I really think he must have looked down and shaken his head over all the tears that fell when he died and all the mourning and show and sorrow.”
--Traphes Bryant
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