

Arguably the father of both New Deal liberalism and modern conservatism, Herbert Hoover lived one of the most extraordinary American lives of the twentieth century. A president elected in a landslide and then resoundingly defeated four years later. An impoverished orphan who built a fortune. "The definitive biography of Herbert Hoover, one of the most remarkable and least understood Americans of the twentieth century-a wholly original account that will forever change the way Americans understand the man, his presidency, and his battle against the Great Depression. Xvii, 728 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations 25 cm Hoover : an extraordinary life in extraordinary times / Kenneth Whyte Book Bib IDīook, Online - Google Books
