01689cam a2200289 4500 546533000 TxAuBib 20131104120000.0 120604s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012939397 9780615580630 hbk. 0615580637 hbk. (OCoLC)795848931 UKMGB eng UKMGB BKX OCO ILC BFJ TxAuBib Pickens, Jennifer Boswell. Pets at the White House / Jennifer Boswell Pickens ; [foreword by Barbara Bush]. 50 years of presidents and their pets. Dallas, Tex. : Fife & Drum Press, 2012. 229 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 227) and index. Foreword / by Barbara Bush -- Preface -- Introduction: 1800 to 1961 -- The Kennedy years: 1961-1963 -- The Johnson years: 1963-1969 -- The Nixon years: 1969 to 1974 -- The Ford years: 1974-1977 -- The Carter years: 1977 to 1981 -- The Reagan years: 1981 to 1989 -- The Bush years: 1989 to 1993 -- The Clinton years: 1993 to 2001 -- The Bush years: 2001 to 2009 -- The Obama years: 2009 to present. Pickens reveals how pets have played an important role in the White House throughout the decades, no only by providing companionship to the presidents and their families, but also by humanizing and softening their political images. 20131104. Presidents' pets United States History 20th century. Presidents' pets United States History 20th century Pictorial works. TXGAI