Herbert Hoover, The Man and His Work (1920)

Kellogg, Vernon

Published by D. Appleton and Company, 1920

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HERBERT HOOVER, THE MAN AND HIS WORK, Vernon Kellogg, hardcover, 1920. BOOK CONDITION: fair. The text block is in near fine condition, with no dog-ears, marks, or tears. Not a remainder nor library book. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. The binding at the front board and first free endpaper is showing but has not separated. The brown boards are in fair condition (bumped corners, spots, edge wear). The spine is bumped, has a tear at the top, and a crease running down to the bottom. 8 x 5 ¼, 376 pages, 16 ounces. XX [Wikipedia] Herbert Clark Hoover (born August 10, 1874, died October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. He was a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Great Depression in the United States. A self-made man who became rich as a mining engineer, Hoover led the Commission for Relief in Belgium, served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and served as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Hoover was born to a Quaker family in West Branch, Iowa, but he grew up in Oregon. He was one of the first graduates of the new Stanford University in 1895. He took a position with a London-based mining company working in Australia and China. He rapidly became a wealthy mining engineer. In 1914 at the outbreak of World War I, he organized and headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium, an international relief organization that provided food to occupied Belgium. When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Hoover to lead the Food Administration. He became famous as his country's food czar. After the war, Hoover led the American Relief Administration, which provided food to the starving millions in Central and Eastern Europe, especially Russia. Hoover's wartime service made him a favorite of many progressives, and he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 1920 presidential election. Republican President Warren G. Harding appointed Hoover as Secretary of Commerce in 1920, and he continued to serve under President Calvin Coolidge after Harding died in 1923. Hoover was an unusually active and visible Cabinet member, becoming known as Secretary of Commerce and Under-Secretary of all other departments. He was influential in the development of air travel and radio. He led the federal response to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Hoover won the Republican nomination in the 1928 presidential election and defeated Democratic candidate Al Smith in a landslide. In 1929 Hoover assumed the presidency during a period of widespread economic stability. However, during his first year in office, the stock market crashed, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. The Great Depression dominated Hoover's presidency, and he responded by pursuing a series of economic policies in an attempt to lift the economy. Hoover scapegoated Mexican Americans for the Depression, and approximately one million were forcibly repatriated to Mexico in a forced migration campaign known as the Mexican Repatriation. Scholars contend the campaign meets modern legal standards of ethnic cleansing. Seller Inventory # 002440

Bibliographic Details

Title: Herbert Hoover, The Man and His Work (1920)

Publisher: D. Appleton and Company

Publication Date: 1920

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket