First Dogs American Presidents & Their Best Friends

by Roy Rowan

From Sweet Lips (George Wshington's foxhound) to Millie (George Bush's spaniel), dogs have been at the sides of American presidents wherever they went. Not only did the dogs humanize their distinguished masters, they offered them a little unconditional love in a loveless town, and sometimes broke up the rigorous White House agenda with impromptu tugs-of-war in the Oval Office or dips in the Rose Garden fountain. Here's a lighthearted romp through American history, packed with drawings and paintings from early America, plus photographs of dogs - from Abraham Lincoln's Fido to Zeke, the cocker spaniel that the Clintons owned in Arkansas.

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