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A big cheese for the White House

the true tale of a tremendous cheddar

by Candace Fleming

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In 1801, in Chesire, Massachusetts, Elder John Leland organizes his fellow townspeople to make a big cheese for President Jefferson who up until that time had been forced to eat inferior cheeses.

CheeseHistoryFictionChildren's fictionJefferson, thomas, 1743-1826, fictionFood, fictionMassachusetts, fiction