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Foreword / John W. Carlin -- Introduction / Timothy Walch -- First thoughts. Herbert Hoover : political orphan / George H. Nash -- Searching for Lou Henry Hoover / Nancy Beck Young -- Formative years. The fascination of what's difficult : Herbert Hoover and geology / Hendrik Booraem V -- Not so innocent abroad : the Hoovers' early years / John Milton Cooper, Jr. -- Helping hands. Determined humanitarians : Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover in Europe / George H. Nash -- Orphan boy : Herbert Hoover and children / Richard Norton Smith, Timothy Walch -- Pioneer girl : Lou Henry Hoover and the Girl Scouts / Susan Estabrook Kennedy -- Progressive ideals. Agent of change : Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce / Kendrick A. Clements -- Herbert Hoover, housing, and socioeconomic planning in the 1920s / Red A. Bjornstad -- No place like home : Herbert Hoover and the American standard of living / Regina Lee Blaszczyk -- That glorious burden. War on a thousand fronts : Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression / David E. Hamilton -- Prelude to the New Deal : Lou Henry Hoover and women's relief work / Martha H. Swain -- Herbert Hoover and the elusive quest for peace / Alfred L. Castle -- Assessing the Hoover presidency / David A. Quigley -- Exile and return. The loyal opposition : Herbert Hoover and the Republican Party / Gary Dean Best -- Years of frustration : Herbert Hoover and World War II / Hal Elliott Wert -- "Some of my best friends are Democrats" : Herbert Hoover and the Kennedy family / Timothy Walch -- Elder statesman : Herbert Hoover and his successors / Michael J. Birkner -- The last word. Herbert Hoover and the third way / Richard Norton Smith. |
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