
What Jefferson Read
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Twitter home of @tevitroy's best-selling What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, & Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Pop Culture in the White House. @RegneryHistory
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“infighting is the subject of Tevi Troy’s superb new book, “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...”. The book is full of gossip, which makes it fun to read. But Tevi also ties the gossip to the way each administration played out, including its policies” Paul Mirengoff, @PLine2019: powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/…

“I very highly recommend a new book by the great presidential historian Tevi Troy. “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...” is packed with fascinating tales of mind-boggling bickering in the highest reaches of the executive branch.” Yuval Levin National Review. American Enterprise Institute National Affairs Regnery Publishing google.com/amp/s/www.nati…

Great John Coyne review of “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...” calls me “uniquely equipped to deal with subject of White House infighting.” He also praises my “historian’s perspective, political insights & clean crisp prose” @washtimesopinion google.com/amp/s/amp.wash…

“Troy’s portrait of #WhiteHouse rivalries is essential reading for political junkies & lay readers alike. The writing is vibrant, characters bold, & the turf fights familiar to anybody who follows Washington politics even casually” David Mark Washington Examiner google.com/amp/s/www.wash…

“I am flattered that Craig Fehrman’s excellent #AuthorInChief “drew details and analysis from a number of wide-ranging hooks on the presidency,” including #IntellectualsandtheAmericanPresidency & What Jefferson Read. cc Avid Reader Press


Peter Baker Glad to hear Peter Baker is using his #Coronavirus #SocialDistancing time wisely. Thanks for the kind words about “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...”.

“Tevi Troy's “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...”, an illuminating account of bruising internal battles among top-level aides... Troy's research into the nature of particular feuds provides additional valuable insight and fun.” abraham katsman, American Thinker americanthinker.com/articles/2020/…

Tune in to CSPAN’s BookTV on C-SPAN2 (#CSPAN2) at 2:30 pm today for the Bipartisan Policy Center event on “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...” with Tevi Troy, Kiron Skinner & John Fortier. c-span.org/video/?473177-…. It will also be shown at 7 pm Friday night & 4 am Monday morning for the early risers. Cc Howard Mortman

"#Inaugurations are historic events — but world history was apparently no match for TV history... According to the book What Jefferson Read, the episode of #ILoveLucy where Lucy gave birth to little Ricky garnered 44 million viewers...” Showbiz Cheat Sheet cheatsheet.com/entertainment/…

NOT THE OUT HOUSE, THE WHITE HOUSE: In November issue of Washingtonian 🌸 magazine, we learn from Tevi Troy and his new book “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...” that "the White House 35 bathrooms -- and also, somewhat surprisingly, a lot of bathroom stories."


“Presidential historian Tevi Troy quipped that the starry #Gaga-#JLo lineup was not A-list, but D-list — ‘for Democratic. When Democrats win you get the more standard celebrities,” said Troy, author of What Jefferson Read." JocelynNoveckAP abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/…

Ilya Shapiro “Treasure trove of presidential vignettes.” Thanks, Ilya Shapiro. “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...”, WakePOTUS?, and What Jefferson Read thank you as well.

Thanks to #SSTN/Start Spreading The News & Dr. Paul Semendinger for running this excerpt of the #baseball related portions of What Jefferson Read. Watch same space for the baseball related sections from “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...” & WakePOTUS?

Aww. Thanks, liel leibovitz: “What a guest we have today, one of my absolute favorites, a returning champ, an all-time great... a historian, a best-selling author of incredible books, including recently, my favorite of his... “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...”... Dr Tevi Troy.” stitcher.com/show/495467/ep…

Sunday 8pmET & midnight on American History TV C-SPAN3: "The Presidency: Presidents & Popular Culture" Tevi Troy talks about how popular culture influences presidents - & how, in turn, presidents leave their imprint on the culture. Troy is author What Jefferson Read host: White House History


“For listeners, his book is “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House ...”. It’s a great book — go back & listen to our The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg episode on it & revel in the spectacle of Tevi Troy’s book tour discipline.” Jonah Goldberg & I discuss my National Affairs piece on the free speech wars remnant.thedispatch.com/p/the-tevi-cut

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Gonna be hard to update What Jefferson Read: “Neither man has been touched by a scintilla of culture. It’s difficult to imagine either ever having read a serious book, sat through a classical music concert, or strolled through an art museum“ Joseph Epstein The Wall Street Journal wsj.com/articles/ameri…
