| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xx, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781451648676 hardcover |
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1451648677 hardcover |
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