J.B.West was the assistant usher and then head usher for the white house household. He started close to the end of FD Roosevelt's administration and successfully retired in the first 6 weeks of Nixon's administration. With every new family the business culture of the white house and its estate changed as well. He learned quickly that one must be loyal and respectful to the establishment and its title versus the people holding that title themselves. Though it seems with every new family, he found himself that much closer to each wife of the president. And each president and their wife were their very own magical unicorns; leading the country in their own ways. J.B. West found himself perfecting his trade in "leading/training" of such unicorns so that their culture fits seamlessly into that of the vast network of the white house. As was his position, he discusses mostly of how each family chose to run the estate, from their decorating and dinning habits to their social
