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082 0 0 _a973.916092
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_223
100 1 _aWhyte, Kenneth,
_d1960-
245 1 0 _aHoover :
_ban extraordinary life in extraordinary times /
_cKenneth Whyte.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c[2017]
300 _axvii, 728 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"A Borzoi Book."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references ( pages 673-684) and index.
505 0 _aA 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.
600 1 4 _aHoover, Herbert,
_d1874-1964
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 4 _aPresidentes
_zEstados Unidos
_vBiografías
_91546
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1929-1933.
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xPolítica y gobierno
_y1929-1933.
_92202
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1919-1933.
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xPolítica y gobierno
_y1919-1933
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