Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency

by Charles Rappleye

Book Overview

"A deft, filled-out portrait of the thirty-first president...by far the best, most readable study of Hoover's presidency to date." -- Publishers Weekly Rappleye's surprising portrait of a Depression-era president Herbert Hoover reveals a very different figure than the usual Hoover, engaged and active but loathe to experiment and conscious of his inability to convey hope to the country. Herbert Clark Hoover was the thirty-first President of the United...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451648677
• ISBN13: 9781451648676
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.6" x 9.5"