num_pages: 307
description: This interesting and insightful book examines the life of one of America's least favored presidents with a sensitive and objective eye. Herbert Hoover's career followed a pattern familiar in the history of the United humble beginnings surmounted by hard work and tremendous ambition, wealth, public service and, eventually, the presidency. From his Quaker youth he acquired morals and values that he would preserve throughout his entire life. These values ultimately created an unbridgeable gulf between him and U.S. citizens as he confronted the Great Depression soon after taking office. There would always be little comprehension between the president and the people who looked to him for leadership. He died unpopular and isolated, disowned by his own party, embittered by the lack of understanding, and convinced that the burden of blame for the depression had been thrust on him unfairly. This volume seeks to shed light not only on the man and his career, but also on the evolving nation that rejected him. Title of related interest also available from Waveland Jeansonne, Transformation and America 1921-1045 (ISBN 9781577663829).
language: English
title: Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive
titlecomplete: Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive
characters: Herbert Hoover
genres: History, Biography, Presidents
ratings_count: 31
series: Library of American Biography
publisher: Waveland Pr Inc