Abstract
Herbert Hoover’s presidency was not a static experience. He had to do everything he did to get where he ended up. The American people learned along with him, and some of the lessons were difficult and indirect. Sometimes the only way to get from New York to Washington, DC, is via San Diego. When Hoover embarked on his voyage of discovery, like Columbus, he could not know whether he would sail off the edge of the world. He survived, but the world, and his life, were never again the same. The inauguration on a rainy March day culminated in the cauldron of a worldwide depression that resembled Dante’s inferno.
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Jeansonne, G. (2012). Prepping for the Presidency and Sparring with Congress. In: The Life of Herbert Hoover. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137111890_3
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