My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House |
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User Review - NewsieQ - LibraryThingI found this 1961 book at the used book store at my public library and picked it up. The author worked at in the White House as a seamstress/maid, following in the footsteps of her mother, who also ... Read full review
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User Review - greytone - LibraryThingIn either four or eight year cycles the tenants of 'America's house' move in and out in a temporary permanent cycle decided on by the nation's voters. This book is a record set down by the real ... Read full review
Contents
TO HELP YOU GET THE PICTURE | ix |
PART ONE ILL REMEMBER MAMIE | 11 |
if a cat may look at a queen | 13 |
Copyright | |
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