
Hoover Unmasked
The President Betrayed by Wall StreetBy Miguel ThorntonLength6h 2m
About this audiobook
What if Herbert Hoover wasn’t the villain history made him?
This explosive book shatters twenty powerful myths that turned a visionary reformer into America’s favorite scapegoat.
Far from being the cold, do-nothing president of legend, Hoover was a relentless engineer who fought to rescue a collapsing nation—only to be betrayed by Wall Street and erased by Roosevelt’s propaganda.
Through 20 gripping historical investigations, Hoover Unmasked exposes how politics and the media rewrote truth to crown false heroes.
A bold, fast-paced reassessment of the man who built the modern presidency—before the myth buried him.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Politics and Government
Length6 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 2, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
12Myth 11: Hoover Clubbed the Bonus Army Veterans Out of Sadism
2Myth 1: Hoover Did Nothing During the Great Depression
13Myth 12: His Administration Was the Most Inactive in American History
3Myth 2: Hoover Was a Hardcore Defender of Laissez-Faire
14Myth 13: Hoover Had No Experience in Humanitarian Crisis Management
4Myth 3: The Depression Was Caused by Hoover's Governmental Inaction
15Myth 14: Hoover Was Indifferent to the Hunger of Children and Families
5Myth 4: Hoover Ignored the People's Suffering and Blamed the Victims
16Myth 15: The RFC Was Just Disguised Aid to Wall Street Elites
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6Myth 5: The
17Myth 16: Hoover Opposed the New Deal Out of Stubborn Conservatism
7Myth 6: Hoover Refused Any Aid to the Unemployed Out of Ideology
18Myth 17: Hoover Was an Extreme Isolationist Who Weakened America
8Myth 7: Hoover Raised Taxes at the Worst Moment, Worsening the Crisis
19Myth 18: Hoover's Policies Prolonged the Depression by Several Years
9Myth 8: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Was Hoover's Great Fault That Killed World Trade
20Myth 19: Hoover Was a Cold Businessman Without Human Compassion
10Myth 9: Hoover Was Wall Street's Puppet, Protecting Bankers at the People's Expense
21Myth 20: The Left's Caricature of Hoover Was Justified and Harmless
11Myth 10: Hoover Believed in