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Herbert Hoover in the White House: the ordeal of the presidency
Herbert Hoover in the White House: the ordeal of the presidency
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Rappleye, Charles
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
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Franklin Ave. Library - Biographies - Adult
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From the Book - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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.
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Hoover, Herbert
Hoover, Herbert, -- 1874-1964
Presidents
Presidents -- United States -- Biography
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9781451648683
9781451648676
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