Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation

Author:   Deborah Davis
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
ISBN:  

9781439169827


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   05 February 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Deborah Davis
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
Imprint:   Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781439169827


ISBN 10:   1439169829
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   05 February 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Valuable because it gives us not only a picture of how things have changed in the century since TR was President but also how much really hasn't changed. -- The Moderate Voice


In fluid prose and with clear respect for her subject matter, Davis paints a vivid picture of race relations at the turn of the 20th century - a story resonating with today's fraught political and racial landscape. - Publishers Weekly [Davis] does an excellent job of sketching the backgorund of this remarkable period. -- Wilmington Star News A stunning story. --Ina Garten, in Vanity Fair Valuable because it gives us not only a picture of how things have changed in the century since TR was President but also how much really hasn't changed. -- The Moderate Voice Provide[s] a panoramic view of America at the turn of the 20th century. . .Davis's book is a marker of how far the country has come. -- Washington Post It is valuable because it gives us not only a picture of how things have changed in the century since TR was President but also how much really hasn't changed. -- The Moderate Voice A well-researched, highly readable treatment of an important era in racial relations, encapsulated in the meeting of two of the era's most significant men. -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review This is history that excites. This is history that inspires. And this is history that will make readers sit up all night. --Betty DeRamus, author of Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad and Freedom by Any Means.


It is valuable because it gives us not only a picture of how things have changed in the century since TR was President but also how much really hasn't changed. <p> -- The Moderate Voice


[Davis] does an excellent job of sketching the backgorund of this remarkable period. -- Wilmington Star News


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Deborah Davis is the author of Fabritius and the Goldfinch; Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation; Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X; Party of the Century; and Gilded. She formerly worked as an executive, story editor, and story analyst for several major film companies. For more information, visit www.WarholRoadTrip.com and follow along on Instagram @WarholRoadTrip.

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