Chicago if its on our shelves, its history. My name is bjorn scapton and i will be the host for todays episode of a house divided. And we will be discussing a house built by slaves with the author of that fine book professor Jonathan W White and will be talking with john in just a moment here. This program is coming to you from Abraham Lincoln book shop in chicago. We are a retail bookshop in independent bookshop 83 years 83 years old now. Independent antiquarian bookshop. We specialize in American History and specifically that means books about the life and presidency. Of Abraham Lincoln the us civil war and the us presidency we carry both old and new books antiquarian books that we sell on the second and market and new books like this one. You can get from Abraham Lincoln book shop. We also have many other historical artifacts you can get from us autographs photographs prints statuary. You see a couple of bus here theres Teddy Roosevelt. Theres Abraham Lincoln by George Bissell our w
Good afternoon, and welcome to a house divided coming to you from Abraham Lincoln book shop in chicago if its on our shelves, its history. My name is bjorn scapton and i will be the host for todays episode of a house divided. And we will be discussing a house built by slaves with the author of that fine book professor Jonathan W White and will be talking with john in just a moment here. This program is coming to you from Abraham Lincoln book shop in chicago. We are a retail bookshop in independent bookshop 83 years 83 years old now. Independent antiquarian bookshop. We specialize in American History and specifically that means books about the life and presidency. Of Abraham Lincoln the us civil war and the us presidency we carry both old and new books antiquarian books that we sell on the second and market and new books like this one. You can get from Abraham Lincoln book shop. We also have many other historical artifacts you can get from us autographs photographs prints statuary. You
The complainer was mrs. Harrison. Mrs. Kerry harrison. She was found in terrible condition and disliked it a lot. Structurally it was bad and the walls were in bad shape. And actually after the roosevelts, the Franklin Roosevelts went out, the trumans went to a beat up house. 13 van loads of furniture taken by the roosevelts. Their possessions. There were white squares where the wallpaper where pictures had been you know, 13 years. And they that was that was pretty run down. Thats not why truman remodelled the house, though. No president has time to take off and do the house over. They had it as a requirement for him. And the security was the basis of this. With truman. Not the fact that it was shabby. But the secret service and all of a sudden its too dangerous. This is the wood primarily inside with the lamp and all that, one fire bomb could ignite it. Truman was presented with a report that had been done a week or two after pearl harbor when they begged roosevelt to leave. He said i
It was fresh, it had been done remodelled to a more formal modern setting. It was fresh and it was run like a marine camp, the white house was. Everybody knew his job and everybody did it. Men and women. On all levels. And it was spit and polish. Got the reputation for running the worst . The Worst White House . Hmm. Worstr think of it as the white house. The complainer was mrs. Harrison. Mrs. Kerry harrison. She was found in terrible it a lot. And disliked tructurally it was bad and the walls were in bad shape. And actually after the franklin , the roosevelts went out, the trumans went to a beat up house. Taken loads of furniture by the roosevelts. Their possessions. There were white squares where wallpaper where pictures had been you know, 13 years. That was that was pretty run down. Thats not why truman remodelled though. E, no president has time to take off and do the house over. Requirement for him. Basis security was the of this. With truman. Not the fact that it was shabby. All