Uncommon Americans

TIMOTHY WALCH is the director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in the president's birthplace of West Branch, Iowa. The Hoover Library is one of ten such libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. Educated at the University of Notre Dame and Northwestern University, Walch is the author of fifteen books, including Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt (Greenwood, 1998), Herbert Hoover and Harry S Truman (1992), At the President's Side (1997), and Farewell to the Chief (1990).

Foreword by John W. Carlin
Introduction by Timothy Walch
First Thoughts
Herbert Hoover: Political Orphan by George H. Nash
Searching for Lou Henry Hoover by Nancy Beck Young
Formative Years
The Fascination of What's Difficult: Herbert Hoover and Geology by Hendrik Booraem V
No So Innocent Abroad: The Hoovers' Early Years by John Milton Cooper Jr.
Helping Hands
Determined Humanitarians: The Hoovers in Europe by George H. Nash
Orphan Boy: Herbert Hoover and Children by Richard Norton Smith and Timothy Walch
Pioneer Girl: Lou Henry Hoover and the Girl Scouts by Susan Estabrook Kennedy
Progressive Ideals
Agent of Change: Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce by Kendrick Clements
Herbert Hoover and Better Homes: Housing and Socio-Economic Planning by Fred A. Bjornstad
No Place Like Home: Herbert Hoover and the American Standard of Living by Regina Lee Blaszczyk
That Glorious Burden
War on a Thousand Fronts: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression by David E. Hamilton
Prelude to the New Deal: Lou Henry Hoover and Women's Relief Work by Martha H. Swain
Herbert Hoover and the Elusive Quest for Peace by Alfred L. Castle
Assessing the Hoover Presidency David A. Quigley
The Chief in Response
The Loyal Opposition: Herbert Hoover and the Republican Party by Gary Dean Best
Years of Frustration: Herbert Hoover and World War II by Hal Elliott Wert
Some of My Best Friends are Democrats: Herbert Hoover and the Kennedy Family by Timothy Walch
Elder Statesman: Herbert Hoover and His Successors by Michael J. Birkner
The Last Word
Herbert Hoover and the Third Way by Richard Norton Smith
Notes on Contributors
Source Notes
Index