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What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted
- 200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House
- Narrated by: Kevin Young
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From Cicero to Snooki, the cultural influences on our American presidents are powerful and plentiful. Thomas Jefferson famously said "I cannot live without books," and his library backed up the claim, later becoming the backbone of the new Library of Congress. Jimmy Carter watched hundreds of movies in his White House, while Ronald Reagan starred in a few in his own time. Lincoln was a theater-goer, while Obama kicked back at home to a few episodes of HBO's "The Wire".
America is a country built by thinkers on a foundation of ideas. Alongside classic works of philosophy and ethics, however, our presidents have been influenced by the books, movies, TV shows, viral videos, and social media sensations of their day. In What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culturen in the White House presidential scholar and former White House aide Tevi Troy combines research with witty observation to tell the story of how our presidents have been shaped by popular culture.
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- Airlie
- 10-05-2020
Worth a read/listen for Presidential enthusiasts
I enjoyed this book, which is obviously very well researched. It was notable to me (as a woman in her 20s in a 24/7 tv/movies/social-media consumption world) that all Presidents, modern or otherwise, were seemingly enthusiastic and voracious readers (whether they liked to show it or not).
I enjoyed the tales of Eisenhower watching Westerns to unwind, and Obama switching on ESPN in the campaign bus.
As an avid read of Nixon biographies (I find him fascinating), I was a little disappointed at a slight lack of focus on him and his habits. This is not such a failing of this book in particular as many writers seem to shun stories of Nixon - despite many, many people find his complexities so interesting.
All in all, a great and thoughtful piece and quite entertaining.
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