Whyte, Kenneth,   1960- <br/><br/>
Hoover :  an extraordinary life in extraordinary times / 
Kenneth Whyte. 
 - First edition. 
 - xvii, 728 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/> "A Borzoi Book." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references ( pages 673-684) and index. 
<br/><br/>A pretty stiff time -- A whole jug full of experience -- I am the Devil -- The adventures of Hu-hua and Hoo loo -- The late jar rather smashed my nerves -- What lies beyond wealth -- Hard to state without becoming hysterical -- A pirate state organized for benevolence -- Make way for the Almoner of starving Belgium -- A hero in the house of truth -- Inconsolable in the hall of mirrors -- An engineer at the opera -- Meddling with God's economy -- Hoover v. a botched civilization -- Scandal, embarrassment, and the little feller -- Sleepless in good times -- The wonder boy -- Giving genius its chance -- He didn't know where the votes came from -- Nothing to fear but fear itself -- Just when we thought it was over -- It seemed like the end of the world -- The president in his fighting clothes -- A human creature desperately hurt and pained -- Through the abyss in a Buick -- Father of the new conservatism -- Reborn in a darker world -- Epilogue: I admire a lot in Hoover's career. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307597960 (hardcover) 0307597962 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hoover, Herbert,  1874-1964 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents--United States--Biography.<br/>Presidentes--Estados Unidos--Biografías
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1929-1933.<br/>Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1929-1933.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1919-1933.<br/>Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1919-1933
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 802  / H789W 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.916092  B