Foreword / John W. Carlin --
Introduction / Timothy Walch --
First thoughts. Herbert Hoover : political orphan / George H. Nash --
Searching for Lou Henry Hoover / Nancy Beck Young --
Formative years. The fascination of what's difficult : Herbert Hoover and geology / Hendrik Booraem V --
Not so innocent abroad : the Hoovers' early years / John Milton Cooper, Jr. --
Helping hands. Determined humanitarians : Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover in Europe / George H. Nash --
Orphan boy : Herbert Hoover and children / Richard Norton Smith, Timothy Walch --
Pioneer girl : Lou Henry Hoover and the Girl Scouts / Susan Estabrook Kennedy --
Progressive ideals. Agent of change : Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce / Kendrick A. Clements --
Herbert Hoover, housing, and socioeconomic planning in the 1920s / Red A. Bjornstad --
No place like home : Herbert Hoover and the American standard of living / Regina Lee Blaszczyk --
That glorious burden. War on a thousand fronts : Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression / David E. Hamilton --
Prelude to the New Deal : Lou Henry Hoover and women's relief work / Martha H. Swain --
Herbert Hoover and the elusive quest for peace / Alfred L. Castle --
Assessing the Hoover presidency / David A. Quigley --
Exile and return. The loyal opposition : Herbert Hoover and the Republican Party / Gary Dean Best --
Years of frustration : Herbert Hoover and World War II / Hal Elliott Wert --
"Some of my best friends are Democrats" : Herbert Hoover and the Kennedy family / Timothy Walch --
Elder statesman : Herbert Hoover and his successors / Michael J. Birkner --
The last word. Herbert Hoover and the third way / Richard Norton Smith.