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ad free right now. Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery app I'm Lindsay Graham, and this is American history tellers our history your story. After six years and 68 seasons, American history tellers is releasing its first

book, the hidden history of the White House, Power Struggle, Scandals, and Defining Moments,

published by William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins.

This book is available now in hardcover and digital editions wherever you get your books.

Check out the link in the show notes to order your copy now.

And if you listen to the audio book, you'll hear me reading the introduction.

So on today's special episode, we'll go inside the book with its author

Corey Mead and journalist Kate Anderson Brower who wrote the forward.

Over the last 200 years, the White House has been known by many names.

The President's House, the Executive Mansion, the President's Palace.

And ever since its first occupants, John and Abigail Adams, moved in in the year 1800,

the White House has been synonymous with presidential power and American

democracy.

Its walls have been witnessed to dramatic scenes from our country's history, political clashes,

closed-door meetings, and fateful decisions that have changed the nation.

In the hidden history of the White House, we invite you to imagine yourself in the halls of

power eavesdropping on some of the country's pivotal moments, and your guide on this journey is our first guest,

Corey Mead.

He's an associate professor of English

at the City University of New York,

and is the author of the Hidden History

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