When the White House Was Ours
by Porter Shreve
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- Paperback
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- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618722106
- ISBN 13
- 9780618722105
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Loosely based on Porter Shreve’s own childhood, When the White House Was Ours is the atmospheric and captivating story of a family’s struggle to stay together against great odds. It’s 1976, and while the country prepares to celebrate the bicentennial, Daniel Truitt’s family is falling apart. His father, Pete, has been fired from yet another teaching job, and his mother, Valerie, is one step away from leaving for good. But when Pete lucks into a crumbling mansion in the nation’s capital, he makes a bold plan to start a school under his own roof where students and teachers will be equals. Replete with the wry humor, human insight, and cultural resonance that characterizes Shreve’s critically acclaimed fiction, When the White House Was Ours will be a joy to anyone whose family has lived through an idealistic time and ended up in an era of compromise.
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- Title
- When the White House Was Ours
- Author
- Porter Shreve
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0618722106
- ISBN 13
- 9780618722105
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Ny Usa
- Date Published
- 2008
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