Now, Kenneth Whyte vividly recreates Hoover’s rich and dramatic life in all its complex glory. Yet however astonishing, his accomplishments are often eclipsed by the perception that Hoover was inept and heartless in the face of the Great Depression. Arguably the father of both New Deal liberalism and modern conservatism, Herbert Hoover lived one of the most extraordinary American lives of the twentieth century. A president elected in a landslide and then resoundingly defeated four years later. The definitive biography of Herbert Hoover, one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century- a wholly original account that will forever change the way Americans understand the man, his presidency, his battle against the Great Depression, and their own history.Īn impoverished orphan who built a fortune. It can nestle on the same shelf as David McCullough’s Truman, a high compliment indeed.' - The Wall Street Journal ' An exemplary biography-exhaustively researched, fair-minded and easy to read.

Hoover by Kenneth Whyte