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White House In Miniature [Hardcover]

Gail Buckland (Author)
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What does it take to spend more than three decades on a model of the White House? For the Zweifel family along with hundreds of volunteers, the expenditure of a half million hours was more than a patriotic mission. This book also tells the story of the maneuvering and perseverance necessary to obtain the permissions and money necessary to reproduce the inside and outside of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with absolute precision and fidelity. Color photographs of more than 30 well-known White House rooms, from the Oval Office to Lincoln's bedroom, capture the details of craftsmanship. The text explains not only the historical background of each room, but also the feats and talent required to build miniatures. Barbara Jacobs

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No doubt about it--this book, which presents (with infinite care) the miniature White House constructed by John and Jan Zweifel (with more than infinite care), is astonishing. The miniature White House, built on a one-foot-to-one-inch scale, is beyond astonishing, replicating each room of the real White House down to floral arrangements, dining services, and, when possible, hand carvings on table legs. Kathleen Culbert-Aguilar's photographs (accompanied by Cooper Union professor Buckland's text) seem designed to accomplish two things: first, to allow us access to places, like the Reagans' bedroom, not included in the normal White House tour; second, to make us wonder at the craftsmanship of the replica. This she does by means of clever interventions like putting a real poker hand (a full house) in the model Green Room. The persistence of the Zweifels, who first got the Kennedy administration interested in the project but weren't allowed into the White House to take the necessary measurements and pictures until the Ford administration (Gerald Ford and his wife contribute the foreword), is boggling. But isn't this fetishistic reverence for executive wallpaper also a bit perverse? What does it mean that we want to banish the presidency to Lilliput? And how come there aren't any toilets? -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL!, Aug 4 1998
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If you ever wanted to see the Presidents bedroom or the First Lady's dressing room....get this book - a truly WONDERFUL treat!
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5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL!, Aug 4 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: White House In Miniature (Hardcover)
If you ever wanted to see the Presidents bedroom or the First Lady's dressing room....get this book - a truly WONDERFUL treat!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable reading, Oct 18 2008
By Homemaker "ela-123" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: White House In Miniature (Hardcover)
We saw the miniature White House exhibit while it was visiting Wisconsin and this book is a history of the replica as well as historical information on the actual White House. The exhibit is amazing and the book tells about the building of the replica and gives details on the various rooms and their furnishings. Overall, a great piece of Americana and a great book for anyone interested in the White House or in the building of miniatures.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating book!, April 5 2011
By powercat - Published on Amazon.com
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I gave this to Mom for Christmas and she loved it, very thorough. Highly recommed it for anyone who has an interest in doll houses.
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