A biography of the thirty-first president of the United States, describing his career as mining engineer, businessman, and president during the Great Depression.

This book covers Hoover's life as a businessman, a humanitarian, U. S. President, and elder statesman.

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.