Rapidan Camp the Interior Harold L. Ickes reported, "President Roosevelt is not able to make such use of the camp as President Hoover undoubtedly had in mind. Whether it is to continue to be a Presidential camp must, therefore, be left for future determination." FDR went on to establish his retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland at Camp Shangri-La, later renamed Camp David. While the Park Service pledged to maintain Rapidan Camp, in 1936, "The New York Times" described rust and dry rot at the camp, which was still protected by seven Marines. The "historic log" Hoover and MacDonald had conferred
Night of Camp David comfort.” Night of Camp David Night of Camp David is a 1965 novel by Fletcher Knebel, author of Seven Days in May. It spent 18 weeks on the bestseller list in 1965. In November, 2018, the Penguin Random House imprint Vintage Books announced that it was re-releasing the book. In the novel, Iowa Democratic Senator Jim MacVeagh is summoned to Camp David by President Mark Hollenbach. MacVeagh, who is expected to become Hollenbach's next Vice President, becomes concerned because President Hollenbach shows signs of suffering from intense paranoia. He erratically expresses his desire to develop a closer relationship between the