Uncommon Americans The Lives and Legacies of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover

Subjects:

• Political Science » Presidential Studies
• History » American History -- 1900 to 1945
• Political Science » American Politics/Government

Reviews:

• Most collections.
  —Choice April 2004
• Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover are still sadly not in vogue, but this collection of essays attempts to rediscover, reexamine, and reposition the various dimensions of the Hoovers' courageous lives as uncommon Americans.
  —The Annals of Iowa Spring 2004

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by John W. Carlin
• Introduction by Timothy Walch
• First Thoughts
• Herbert Hoover: Political Orphan by George H. Nash
• Searching for Lou Henry Hoover by Nancy Beck Young
• Formative Years
• The Fascination of What's Difficult: Herbert Hoover and Geology by Hendrik Booraem V
• No So Innocent Abroad: The Hoovers' Early Years by John Milton Cooper Jr.
• Helping Hands
• Determined Humanitarians: The Hoovers in Europe by George H. Nash
• Orphan Boy: Herbert Hoover and Children by Richard Norton Smith and Timothy Walch
• Pioneer Girl: Lou Henry Hoover and the Girl Scouts by Susan Estabrook Kennedy
• Progressive Ideals
• Agent of Change: Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce by Kendrick Clements
• Herbert Hoover and Better Homes: Housing and Socio-Economic Planning by Fred A. Bjornstad
• No Place Like Home: Herbert Hoover and the American Standard of Living by Regina Lee Blaszczyk
• That Glorious Burden
• War on a Thousand Fronts: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression by David E. Hamilton
• Prelude to the New Deal: Lou Henry Hoover and Women's Relief Work by Martha H. Swain
• Herbert Hoover and the Elusive Quest for Peace by Alfred L. Castle
• Assessing the Hoover Presidency David A. Quigley
• The Chief in Response
• The Loyal Opposition: Herbert Hoover and the Republican Party by Gary Dean Best
• Years of Frustration: Herbert Hoover and World War II by Hal Elliott Wert
• Some of My Best Friends are Democrats: Herbert Hoover and the Kennedy Family by Timothy Walch
• Elder Statesman: Herbert Hoover and His Successors by Michael J. Birkner
• The Last Word
• Herbert Hoover and the Third Way by Richard Norton Smith
• Notes on Contributors
• Source Notes
• Index