What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted
200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House

Tevi Troy has a new book out this month: "What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House." Ranging, Troy says, "from Cicero to Snooki," it's a good gift for your favorite political buff. Among the trivia: Book collecting, a hobby of Thomas Jefferson's, was expensive. In 1776, a new copy of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" would have cost about the same as an iPad.