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Herbert Hoover


Born
in West Branch, Iowa, The United States
August 10, 1874

Died
October 20, 1964

Genre
Nonfiction


Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933), was a mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted government intervention under the rubric "economic modernization". In the presidential election of 1928 Hoover easily won the Republican nomination. The nation was prosperous and optimistic, leading to a landslide for Hoover over the Democrat Al Smith, whom many voters distrusted on account of his Roman Catholicism. Hoover deeply believed in the Efficiency Movement (a major component of the Progressive Era), arguing that a technical solution existed for every social and economic problem. That position was challenge ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 418 ratings · 71 reviews · 291 distinct works
American Individualism
3.67 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1922 — 92 editions
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Fishing for Fun and to Wash...
3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1963 — 10 editions
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The Memoirs of Herbert Hoov...
4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1951 — 23 editions
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The Memoirs of Herbert Hoov...
3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1952 — 15 editions
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The Memoirs of Herbert Hoov...
3.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1952
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The Challenge To Liberty
3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1973 — 11 editions
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The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson
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liked it 3.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1992 — 19 editions
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On Growing Up: Letters To A...
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3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1962 — 5 editions
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State Of The Union Address
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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The Problems of Lasting Peace
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“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.”
― Herbert Hoover
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“My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.”
― Herbert Hoover
tags: america, opportunity, patriotism, united-states, usa
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“Children are our greatest natural resource.”
― Herbert Hoover
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