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"If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog," Harry Truman once said. Perhaps that's why, 来自for much of our Republic's history, 待往树白手投良定there have been two top dogs at 1600 你Pennsylvania Avenue-one with two le官之了轴文层节河客子危gs, one with four. "First Do校职黄硫脚传司冷gs," by disting空半体祖种专伯次穿uished journalist Roy Rowan and researcher Brooke Janis, tells the whole doggone story, from the days before there was a White House to Barack Obama's newly adopted presidentia叶备坏显l pup, Bo. Here's a lighthearted romp through American history, packed with drawings and paintings from early Ameri景副祖看包图接二凯减鲜ca, plus photographs, starting with Abraham Lincoln's Fido. Not only did the360百科se four-footed goodwill ambass西时司族副假策欢东帮似adors humanize their distinguished masters, they offered them a little unconditional love in a lovel置武样妒不山报致收发ess town. "First Dogs" gives dog lovers and history lovers 专精胡宪坚a new angle on 双服规入presidentia副派袁齐乐响京本百l history and is more fun than you can shake a stick (or rubber bone) at.
From Washington's foxhound to 争施过那刻子密超使Clinton's Labrad田措输留苏or--and every imaginable breed in between--the presidential pooches have faithfully stood by their masters through good tim织es and bad, successfully endearing them双selves to millions of people alo类万映察ng the way. In First Dogs: American Presidents and Their Best Friends, Roy Rowan (correspondent for Life, Time, and Fortune) and photojournalist Brooke Janis take an entertaining look at presidential history from a dog's point of view. Highlighting the "four-footed g坚牛oodwill ambassadors" who have, over the years, not only humanized their distinguished masters, but also played political roles--both in gaining votes and boosting their bosses' popularity--this "lighthearted romp through American history" introduces such memorable characters as FDR's Scottie, Fala, who attended the signing of the Atlantic Charter aboard the cruiser Augusta; Millie, Bush's springer spaniel, who dictated her own bestselling memoir; and Lincoln's mongrel, Fido, who sadly suffered the same fate as his master.