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Herbert Hoover Signed Book: Ordeal of W. WIlson Herbert Hoover Signed Book: [I]The Ordeal of Woodrow

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Herbert Hoover Signed Book: Ordeal of W. WIlson Herbert Hoover Signed Book: [I]The Ordeal of Woodrow
<B>Herbert Hoover Signed Book: <I>The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson</B></I></B></I> (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958), first edition, xiii, 318 pages, illustrated, blue cloth with silver lettering on spine, 8vo (6.25" x 9.25"), signed on the front free endpaper "<I>The good wishes of Herbert Hoover to Thomas Neal</B></I>". This book, when published in 1958, was a surprise to the literary world. Here was a former Republican president writing a book about one of his predecessors, a Democrat. To quote Hoover from this book: "<I>...He was more than just an idealist: he was the personification of the heritage of the American people. He brough spiritual concepts to the peace table. He was a born crusader...</B></I>" Included with this copy is a letter of transmital from Hoover's secretary. Very good condition, some staining on the cover and spine as well as the signed page but not affecting inscription.