Search Results: Returned 12 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 12
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-- Emergence of modern America, the Great Depression & WWII.c2010., Juvenile, Disney Educational Productions Call No: DVD 973.09 Ame Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The American presidents.Summary Note: Short-form biographies of the 26th-32nd United States Presidents, beginning with Theodore Roosevelt and the anti-trust movement to WWII President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The educational feature The Presidency in Wartime; explores the past and present wartime powers of our Commanders in Chief.
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By Ray, Deliac2003., Clarion Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: Eleven-year-old April is delighted when President and Mrs. Hoover build a school near her Madison County, Virginia, home but her family's poverty, grief over the accidental death of her brother, and other problems may mean that April can never learn to read from the wonderful teacher, Miss Vest.
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-- 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hooverc2009., Pre-adolescent, ABDO Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United States presidentsSummary Note: Contains key facts about the life of Herbert Hoover from his childhood to his retirement, focusing on his political career and his term as the thirty-first president of the United States. Includes a time line, information on the office of the president, and resources for further research.
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[1965], Bobbs-Merrill Call No: 92 HOOVER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Childhood of famous Americans
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By Ruth, Amy2004., Lerner Publications Company Call No: 921 HOOVER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Presidential leadersSummary Note: A year after winning a landslide victory the stock market crashed and Hoover spent the remaining three years fighting unsuccessfully to reverse the effects of the Great Depression.
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c2010., Marshall Cavendish Benchmark Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Presidents and their times.Summary Note: Provides comprehensive information on President Herbert Hoover and places him within his historical and cultural context and explores the formative events of his times and how he responded.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Compass Point Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Profiles of the presidentsSummary Note: Examines the life and accomplishments of Herbert Hoover, a humanitarian who served as the thirty-first president of the United States, and includes a glossary, chronology, and references.
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2007., Children's Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Getting to know the U.S. presidentsSummary Note: Presents a brief biography of Herbert Hoover, the thirty-first president of the United States, in simple text with illustrations, describing his childhood, his education, and his achievements as president.
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1988, Juvenile, Childrens Call No: 921 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Encyclopedia of presidentsSummary Note: A biography of Herbert Hoover, mining engineer, businessman, director of food relief after World War I, Secretary of Commerce, and President of the U.S.
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c2009., Juvenile, Abdo Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The United States presidentsSummary Note: A biography of the thirty-first president of the United States, describing his career as mining engineer, businessman, and president during the Great Depression.
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c2006., PBS Home Video [distributor] Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1932, in the darkest days of the Depression, unemployed World War I veterans marched on Washington, D.C., looking for an advance on the bonus compensation promised to them years earlier. After camping throughout Washington for two months, the veterans were dirven out by force. Under the command of General Douglas MacArthur and his officers Dwight Eisenhower and George Patton, they drove the veterans from Washington and burned their camps and the Bonus Army had become a poltiical liability for President Herbert Hoover. In 1936, Congress finally agreed to pay the Bonus and nearly four million veterans benefited. The epic march set in motion a string of events that influenced the rights of veterans, including WWII's GI bill, plus the rights of citizens to assemble and petition the government.
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2002., Greenwood Press Call No: 923.1 PRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The president's position.Summary Note: An analysis of three presidential administrations and excerpts from original documents supporting and opposing the presidents' positions.
