an extraordinary life in extraordinary times Whyte, Kenneth 1960- creator text bibliography biography nyu 2017 First edition. monographic eng Eng

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xvii, 728 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm 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. Kenneth Whyte. "A Borzoi Book." Includes bibliographical references ( pages 673-684) and index. n-us--- Hoover, Herbert 1874-1964 Presidents United States Biography Presidentes Estados Unidos Biografías United States Politics and government 1929-1933 Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1929-1933 United States Politics and government 1919-1933 Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1919-1933 002 E 802 H789W 2017 973.916092 B 9780307597960 (hardcover) 0307597962 DLC 170331 20230411085937.0 spa