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Author:

Rappleye, Charles, author.

Title:

Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency / Charles Rappleye.

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xx, 554 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hoover, Herbert,--1874-1964.
Presidents--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

Describes the uphill battle faced by the 31st president, who served his single term during the Great Depression, portraying the man as bright, well-meaning and energetic but ultimately lacking in the tools of leadership.

ISBN:

1451648685 (trade paper)
9781451648683 (trade paper)
1451648677 (hardcover)
9781451648676 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2015027333

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