The President's kitchen cabinet : the story of the African Americans who have fed our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas / Adrian Miller.

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Award winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington. Miller brings together the names and words of more tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Adrian (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Subjects:
White House (Washington, D.C.) > Employees.
White House (Washington, D.C.) > History.
White House (Washington, D.C.)
African American cooks > Biography.
Cooks > United States > Biography.
Presidents > United States > Staff > History.
Presidents > United States > History.
African American cooks.
Cooks.
Presidents > Staff.
Presidents.
Employees.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:xvii, 261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
Award winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington. Miller brings together the names and words of more than 150 black men and women who played remarkable roles in unforgettable events in the nation's history.
Call Number:TX649.A1 M55 2017
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-244) and index.
ISBN:9781469632537
1469632535