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Title:

Uncommon Americans : the lives and legacies of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover / edited by Timothy Walch ; foreword by John W. Carlin.

Publisher:

Praeger,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xii, p. 314 : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Hoover, Herbert,--1874-1964.
Hoover, Lou Henry,--1874-1944.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography.
Married people--United States--Biography.

Other Authors:

Walch, Timothy, 1947-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-303) and index.

Contents:

Herbert Hoover and the third way / Richard Norton Smith. 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.

Series:

Contributions in American history, 0084-9219 ; no. 200

ISBN:

9780275979966 (alk. paper)
0275979962 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2003042930

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)