Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) is best known as being the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933). However, prior to that, he was a successful mining engineer, humanitarian, and administrator. He had the longest retirement of any U.S. President and died 31 years after leaving office, during the administration of Lyndon Johnson — his fifth successor.

Writings of Hoover

• Agricola, G., De Re Metallica, tr. by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover, The Mining magazine, London, 1912
• The Challenge to Liberty, 1934
• Addresses Upon The American Road, 1933-1938, Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1938
• The Problems of Lasting Peace, with Hugh Gibson, Doubleday Doran, Garden City NY, 1942