David Luhrssen
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 455 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Prizewinning historian Glen Jeansonne delves into the life of our most misunderstood president, offering up a surprising new portrait of Herbert Hoover--dismissing previous assumptions and revealing a political Progressive in the mold of Theodore Roosevelt, and the most resourceful American since Benjamin Franklin. Orphaned at an early age and raised with strict Quaker values, Hoover earned his way through Stanford University. His hardworking ethic...