Presidential travel : the journey from George Washington to George W. Bush / Richard J. Ellis.
Author: Ellis, Richard (Richard J.).
Publisher: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2008.
ISBN: 9780700615803 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700615806 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description: ix, 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject: Presidents United States History.
Presidents Travel History.
Presidents Protection United States.
Visits of state.
Contents: The origins of presidential travel : the tours of George Washington and James Monroe -- The life of the party : the tours of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren -- Democratic manners and presidential dignity : the tours of Zachary Taylor and Andrew Johnson -- Protecting the president -- Paying for presidential travel -- Going abroad : breaking the "ironclad custom" -- Trains, planes, and the paradox of the transportation revolution -- Conclusion: The rise of the regal presidency.