Promotional Information

This book is a study of Herbert Hoover and his relationship with the media.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Prologue The Unlikely Road to Success Secretary of Commerce The Campaign and Aftermath of the 1928 Election Lost Opportunities The Crash Radio, Newsreels, Newspapers, and the Presidency The Bonus March The Dawn of the Roosevelt Era Epilogue Bibliography Index

About the Author

LOUIS W. LIEBOVICH, an Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Illinois, was a reporter with three newspapers in the Midwest in the 1970s, the last being the Milwaukee Sentinel. Liebovich teaches about media history, the press and the presidency, newspaper economic history, and 20th-century journalism. His other books include The Press and the Origins of the Cold War, 1944-1947 (Praeger, 1988) and The Last Jew from Wegrow (Praeger, 1991), of which he served as editor.