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Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency
- Title
- Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency / Charles Rappleye.
- Author
- Rappleye, Charles
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-8757 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xx, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Describes the uphill battle faced by the thirty-first 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. --Publisher
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-8757
- ISBN
- 9781451648676
- 1451648677
- LCCN
- 2015027333
- OCLC
- 913829593
- Author
- Rappleye, Charles, author.
- Title
- Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency / Charles Rappleye.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1929 - 1933
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-8757