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” by William Leuchtenburg

January 20, 2016

Published in 2009, “Herbert Hoover” by William E. Leuchtenburg is a member of The American Presidents Series. Leuchtenburg is professor …

January 12, 2016

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