Hoover
Subtitle: an extraordinary life in extraordinary times
By: Kenneth Whyte
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 728
ISBN-13: 9780307597960; 9780307743879
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Biography
Notes: "A Borzoi Book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-684) and index.
Table of contents: title: A pretty stiff time; title: A whole jug full of experience; title: I am the Devil; title: The adventures of Hu-hua and Hoo loo; title: The late jar rather smashed my nerves; title: What lies beyond wealth; title: Hard to state without becoming hysterical; title: A pirate state organized for benevolence; title: Make way for the Almoner of starving Belgium; title: A hero in the house of truth; title: Inconsolable in the hall of mirrors; title: An engineer at the opera; title: Meddling with God's economy; title: Hoover v. a botched civilization; title: Scandal, embarrassment, and the little feller; title: Sleepless in good times; title: The wonder boy; title: Giving genius its chance; title: He didn't know where the votes came from; title: Nothing to fear but fear itself; title: Just when we thought it was over; title: It seemed like the end of the world; title: The president in his fighting clothes; title: A human creature desperately hurt and pained; title: Through the abyss in a Buick; title: Father of the new conservatism; title: Reborn in a darker world; title: Epilogue: I admire a lot in Hoover's career.