Herbert Hoover in the White House
The Ordeal of the Presidency
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: xx, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Describes the uphill battle faced by the thirty-first president, who served his single term during the Great Depression, portraying the man as bright, well-meaning, and energetic but ultimately lacking in the tools of leadership. --Publisher
Contents:
Part I. The rise and fall of Herbert Hoover -- He did not choose -- A political diptych -- Flashpoints, and a landslide -- "Hoover the silent" -- Bright with hope -- The Wall Street Frankenstein -- The special session -- The crash -- The president's hair shirts -- "The peculiar weakness of Mr. Hoover" -- Part II. War on a thousand fronts -- Challenging facts -- Friction at the Fed -- The ground gives way -- Playing politics with human misery -- The ghost of Grover Cleveland -- Credit crunch -- The Gibraltar of world stability -- Reconstruction -- Part III. The bitter end -- Roosevelt rising -- The conflicted candidate -- Evil magic -- President reject -- Interregnum -- The sound of crashing banks.
Subjects:
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933.
ISBN:
9781451648676
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Hoover, Herbert | Main (Downtown) | Display - Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Hoover, Herbert | Northeast Indoors | Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Hoover, Herbert | Southeast | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.