From the Book - Regular Print - First edition.
Chapter 1 John Adams: A Benediction for the Future: The State Dining Room 1 --
Chapter 2 Thomas Jefferson: The Lewis Sc Clark Expedition: The President's Library 11 --
Chapter 3 James and Dolley Madison: The Burning of the White House: The Queens Sitting Room, State Dining Room 23 --
Chapter 4 James Monroe: The Monroe Doctrine: The Oval Room 38 --
Chapter 5 Andrew Jackson: The Nullification Crisis: The East Room 48 --
Chapter 6 John Tyler: Ten Funerals and a Wedding: The East Room 57 --
Chapter 7 James K. Polk: Five Presidents, One War: The President's Office 66 --
Chapter 8 Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address: The Shop 79 --
Chapter 9 Ulysses S. Grant: The Secret Swearing In: The Red Room 93 --
Chapter 10 Rutherford Hayes: The Wired White House: The Telegraph Room 103 --
Chapter 11 William McKinley: The Spanish-American War: The War Room 110 --
Chapter 12 Theodore Roosevelt: The Dawn of the American Century: The West Wing 122 --
Chapter 13 Woodrow Wilson: The Secret Illness: The President's Bedroom 135 --
Chapter 14 Warren G. Harding: Scandals Galore: The Yellow Oval Room 148 --
Chapter 15 Calvin Coolidge: The Roaring Twenties: The Sky Parlor 159 --
Chapter 16 Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Fireside Chats: The Diplomatic Reception Room 169 --
Chapter 17 Harry Truman: "The Moon, the Stars, and All the Planets": The Rebuilding of the White House 182 --
Chapter 18 John F. Kennedy: The Blood Red Carpet: The Oval Office 196 --
Chapter 19 Richard Nixon: The Enemy Within: The Briefing Room 210 --
Chapter 20 Ronald Reagan: Lights, Camera, Action: The Family Theater 220 --
Chapter 21 Barack Obama: The bin Laden Raid: The Situation Room 233.
