THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2017 by Kenneth Whyte
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Whyte, Kenneth, author.
Title: Hoover : an extraordinary life in extraordinary times / by Kenneth Whyte.
Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. | “A Borzoi Book.” | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017015685 | ISBN 9780307597960 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781524732462 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Hoover, Herbert, 1874–1964. | Presidents—United States—Biography. | United States—Politics and government—1929–1933. | United States—Politics and government—1919–1933.
Classification: LCC E802.W49 2017 | DDC 973.916092 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017015685
Ebook ISBN 9781524732462
Cover image: Future president Hoover, after his nomination for the presidency, June 1928. Everett Collection, Inc. / Alamy
Cover design by Carol Devine Carson
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