The Best Biographies of Herbert Hoover

February 7, 2016

[Updated Dec 2020] The unfavorable but vaguely-formed image of Herbert Hoover I’ve retained for three decades (since my last American …

Review of “Herbert Hoover: A Public Life” by David Burner

January 25, 2016

“Herbert Hoover: A Public Life” by David Burner was first published in 1979 and is widely recognized as the most …

January 12, 2016

Prior to my journey through the best presidential biographies, Herbert Hoover and I had never met. I don’t mean in …