Bess Truman (2014)
“West, the assistant usher with whom she worked on the menus for official dinners, came into her office and congratulated her. She picked up a copy of a recent issue of Time with Dewey on the cover. “It looks like you’re going to have to put up with us for another four years,” she said.
But most of those four years, it soon became apparent, would not be spent at the White House. The engineers and architects who had been inspecting the mansion told Dad that the building was literally in dange...r of falling down on top of us. There was only one solution - we would have to move to Blair House, and the White House would have to be completely renovated.
Fortunately, we did not have to flee across the street like refugees. The victorious president had inveigled Mother and me into joining him and his crew at Key West for a well-earned vacation. We would move out of the Great White Jail when we returned.
That Key West vacation was not only well-earned, it was badly needed.MoreLess
But most of those four years, it soon became apparent, would not be spent at the White House. The engineers and architects who had been inspecting the mansion told Dad that the building was literally in dange...r of falling down on top of us. There was only one solution - we would have to move to Blair House, and the White House would have to be completely renovated.
Fortunately, we did not have to flee across the street like refugees. The victorious president had inveigled Mother and me into joining him and his crew at Key West for a well-earned vacation. We would move out of the Great White Jail when we returned.
That Key West vacation was not only well-earned, it was badly needed.MoreLess
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