Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times
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Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times
| Author | Kenneth Whyte |
|---|---|
| Published | 2017 |
| Pages | 728 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Kenneth Whyte’s biography of Herbert Hoover — orphan, mining engineer, organiser of Belgian famine relief, Commerce Secretary, one-term president — arguing the pre-presidential career was one of the most accomplished of the century. A rehabilitation case: the same man is the twentieth century’s great logistician and its most blamed president. |
Where I heard about it
- @typesfast’s thread — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025. Full set of replies: What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
What links here
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