Washington Schlepped Here: Walking in the Nation's Capital (Crown Journeys)

About this book

The father of our country slept with Martha but schlepped in the District. Now in the great mans footsteps comes humorist and twenty-year Washington resident Christopher Buckley with the real story of the citys founding. Well not really. Were just trying to get you to buy the book. But we can say with justification that theres never been a more enjoyable funny and informative tour guide to the city than Buckley. His delight as he points out things of interest is con-tagious and his frequent digressions about his own adventures as a White House staffer are often hilarious. In Washington Schlepped Here Buckley takes us along for several walks around the town and shares with us a bit of his other Washington. They include Dantes Paradiso (Union Station); the Zero Milestone of American democracy (the U.S. Capitol); the Almost Pink House (the White House); and many other historical (and often hysterical) journeys. Buckley is the sort of wonderful guide who pries loose the abalone-like clichs that cling to a place as mythic as D.C. Wonderfully insightful and eminently practical Washington Schlepped Here shows us that even a city whose chief industry is government bureaucracy is a lot funnier and more surprising than its media-ready image might let on.