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The Resource Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency, Charles Rappleye

Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency, Charles Rappleye

Label
Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency
Title
Herbert Hoover in the White House
Title remainder
the ordeal of the presidency
Statement of responsibility
Charles Rappleye
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Rappleye, Charles
Dewey number
  • 973.91/6092
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
E802
LC item number
.R335 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hoover, Herbert
  • Hoover, Herbert
  • Presidents
  • Politics and government
  • Presidents
  • United States
  • United States
Label
Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency, Charles Rappleye
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
xx, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781451648676
Lccn
2015027333
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)913829593
  • (OCoLC)ocn913829593
Label
Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency, Charles Rappleye
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
xx, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781451648676
Lccn
2015027333
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)913829593
  • (OCoLC)ocn913829593

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