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The definitive biography of 1 of the United Expresses' most questionable presidents: Herbert Hoover. Prize-winning historian Glen Jeansonne delves in to the life of the most misunderstood chief executive, offering up a unusual new family portrait of Herbert Hoover - dismissing past assumptions and exposing a political Progressive in the mildew of Theodore Roosevelt and the most resourceful North american since Benjamin Franklin. Orphaned at an early age and lifted with tight Quaker worth, Hoover gained his way through Stanford School. His hardworking ethic drove him to a successful profession as an engineer and multinational businessman. Following the Great Conflict, he led a humanitarian effort that fed an incredible number of Europeans still left destitute, arguably keeping more lives than any man ever sold. As business secretary under Chief executive Coolidge, Hoover helped modernize and galvanize American industry and orchestrated the treatment of the Mississippi Valley after the Great Flood of 1927. As chief executive, Herbert Hoover became the first leader to harness federal power to combat a crippling global downturn. Though Hoover is often remembered as a "do-nothing" chief executive, Jeansonne convincingly portrays a steadfast innovator who challenged Congress on an array of legislation that laid the groundwork for the New Deal. In addition Hoover reformed America's prisons, upgraded worker basic safety, and fought for better health and welfare for children. Unfairly attacked by Franklin D. Roosevelt and blamed for the Melancholy, Hoover was swept out of office in a landslide. Yet as FDR's government grew into a bureaucratic behemoth, Hoover became the moral voice of the GOP and a champ of Republican rules - a legacy reignited by Ronald Reagan which still endures today. A compelling and abundant examination of his character, accomplishments, and failings, this is actually the superb biography of Herbert Hoover we have long waited for.
