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Presidential vacations in Florida, Robert Buccellato ; foreward by Matthew Algeo

eng

Includes index

illustrationsportraits

no index present

non fiction

Presidential vacations in Florida

1200028120

Robert Buccellato ; foreward by Matthew Algeo

Images of America

"Abe Lincoln did not split rails in Tampa, and George Washington's cherry tree might not have been cut in Miami-Dade, but in Key West, the famous Harry S. Truman sign--"The Buck Stops Here"--still resides on the former president's Florida White House desk. A few hours north is the Kennedy bunker, complete with the presidential seal painted on the concrete floor just in case the Soviets started a nuclear war while Kennedy was vacationing in Palm Beach. Florida may not have a presidential homestead, but it contains the Disney resort where an embattled Richard Nixon exclaimed "I am not a crook" and the fishing hole where Chester A. Arthur discovered that he would not live to see a second term. It is the place where presidents have come to escape and let down their guards. For generations, the Sunshine State has turned commanders in chief into relaxed tourists, allowing them to juggle the formal functions of the office while reconnecting with their private lives. Illustrated with rare and candid photographs, Presidential Vacations in Florida is a book for any lover of the American presidency."--Page 4 of cover

The President slept here -- No time to rest -- Fishing with the Presidents -- A thousand rounds of golf -- The Little White House -- Winter White House -- Mar-a-Lago -- The allure of the Sunshine State -- Index of Presidents -- About the Truman Little White House