Hoover : an extraordinary life in extraordinary times
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- ISBN: 9780307597960
- Physical Description xvii, 728 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Borzoi Book." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "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 -- "I admire a lot in Hoover's career". |
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