Hoover : an extraordinary life in extraordinary times /
Whyte, Kenneth, 1960-
Hoover : an extraordinary life in extraordinary times / Kenneth Whyte. - First edition. - xvii, 728 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
"A Borzoi Book."
Includes bibliographical references ( pages 673-684) and index.
A pretty stiff time -- A whole jug full of experience -- I am the Devil -- The adventures of Hu-hua and Hoo loo -- The late jar rather smashed my nerves -- What lies beyond wealth -- Hard to state without becoming hysterical -- A pirate state organized for benevolence -- Make way for the Almoner of starving Belgium -- A hero in the house of truth -- Inconsolable in the hall of mirrors -- An engineer at the opera -- Meddling with God's economy -- Hoover v. a botched civilization -- Scandal, embarrassment, and the little feller -- Sleepless in good times -- The wonder boy -- Giving genius its chance -- He didn't know where the votes came from -- Nothing to fear but fear itself -- Just when we thought it was over -- It seemed like the end of the world -- The president in his fighting clothes -- A human creature desperately hurt and pained -- Through the abyss in a Buick -- Father of the new conservatism -- Reborn in a darker world -- Epilogue: I admire a lot in Hoover's career.
9780307597960 (hardcover) 0307597962
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidentes--Estados Unidos--Biografías
United States--Politics and government--1929-1933.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1929-1933.
United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1919-1933
002 E 802 / H789W 2017
973.916092 B
Hoover : an extraordinary life in extraordinary times / Kenneth Whyte. - First edition. - xvii, 728 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
"A Borzoi Book."
Includes bibliographical references ( pages 673-684) and index.
A pretty stiff time -- A whole jug full of experience -- I am the Devil -- The adventures of Hu-hua and Hoo loo -- The late jar rather smashed my nerves -- What lies beyond wealth -- Hard to state without becoming hysterical -- A pirate state organized for benevolence -- Make way for the Almoner of starving Belgium -- A hero in the house of truth -- Inconsolable in the hall of mirrors -- An engineer at the opera -- Meddling with God's economy -- Hoover v. a botched civilization -- Scandal, embarrassment, and the little feller -- Sleepless in good times -- The wonder boy -- Giving genius its chance -- He didn't know where the votes came from -- Nothing to fear but fear itself -- Just when we thought it was over -- It seemed like the end of the world -- The president in his fighting clothes -- A human creature desperately hurt and pained -- Through the abyss in a Buick -- Father of the new conservatism -- Reborn in a darker world -- Epilogue: I admire a lot in Hoover's career.
9780307597960 (hardcover) 0307597962
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidentes--Estados Unidos--Biografías
United States--Politics and government--1929-1933.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1929-1933.
United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1919-1933
002 E 802 / H789W 2017
973.916092 B