I am currently fascinated with pres. Hoover. Quite unlike, I believe, any other president we've had. Self made man. Self taught scholar. Holder of sixty eight honorary degrees. Saved more than one European country from starvation in WWI. Had the longest ex-presidency of anyone. Believed strongly in, and practiced an astonishing amount of, private charity. And possibly sank lower in the public estimation than any other pres.