Herbert Hoover

✍ Scribed by Hoover, Herbert;Leuchtenburg, William Edward

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.;Times Books
• Year: 2009;2011
• Tongue: English
• Series: American presidents series (Times Books (Firm))
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Renowned New Deal historian Leuchtenburg offers a frank, thoughtful portrait of the lifelong public servant, and shrewdly assesses Hoover's policies and legacy in the face of one of the darkest periods of American history--the Great Depression.;Editor's note -- 1: Great engineer -- 2: Great humanitarian -- 3: Food czar -- 4: Commerce -- 5: Road to the White House -- 6: False dawn -- 7: Crash -- 8: Global disorder -- 9: Defeat -- 10: Long good-bye -- Milestones -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

✦ Table of Contents

Editor's note --
1: Great engineer --
2: Great humanitarian --
3: Food czar --
4: Commerce --
5: Road to the White House --
6: False dawn --
7: Crash --
8: Global disorder --
9: Defeat --
10: Long good-bye --
Milestones --
Selected bibliography --
Acknowledgments --
Index.

✦ Subjects

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Presidents & Heads of State;Presidents--United States;Presidents;Politics and government;Biographies;;Biography;Hoover, Herbert, -- 1874-1964;Presidents -- United States -- Biography;United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents & Heads of State;United States;United States -- Politics and government