Life in the White House -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Part I: Introduction: The "First Home" -- Overview: Welcome to the White House -- 1. At Home with the First Families ROBERT P. WATSON -- 2. Political Architecture: The Building of the President's House RUSSELL L. MAHAN -- 3. Rooms of Their Own: First Ladies and Their Impact on Historic White House Rooms ELIZABETH LORELEI THACKER-ESTRADA -- Part II: Private Lives in a Public Home: Media Coverage of First Families -- Overview: On Stage in a Public Home -- 4. The Media in Their Midst CAROL LYNN BOWER -- 5. The Carter White House: The Public and Semiprivate Lives of the First Family VIRGINIA A. CHANLEY -- 6. A Tale of Two Brothers: Billy Carter, Roger Clinton, and the Media CHRISTOPHER S. KELLEY -- 7. First Sons versus First Daughters: A Gender Bias in News Media Coverage? LORI COX HAN -- Part III: Profiles of First Families in the White House -- Overview: Calling the White House "Home" -- 8. "A Hell on Earth": The Pierce Marriage During the White House Years, 1853-1857 MICHAEL J. C. TAYLOR -- 9. TR's White House: The Biggest First Family TOM LANSFORD -- 10. The Scandalous Hardings JAMES S. MCCALLOPS -- Part IV: Preserving the President's House -- Overview: A Mansion with a History -- 11. Renovating the White House: A Brief History ROBERT E. DEWHIRST -- 12. Preserving the President's House: The Office of the White House Curator MICHAEL E. LONG -- 13. Edith Roosevelt and the 1902 White House Renovation TOM LANSFORD -- 14. The Truman Renovations of the White House: The House that Harry (Re)Built RAYMOND FREY -- Appendix 1: White House Floor Plan -- Appendix 2: First Families, 1789-2003 -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.