HERBERT HOOVER INSCRIBES HIS BOOK:  AMERICA’S FIRST CRUSADE   — TO THE WOMAN WHO WAS TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST ROUND TABLE TALK SHOW ON TELEVISION  —  HELEN J. SIOUSSAT

HOOVER, HERBERT. (1874-1964). Thirty-first President of the United States (1929-33).  His book:  AMERICA’S FIRST CRUSADE, boldly inscribed on the front free endpaper: “To Miss Helen Sious[s]at / With wishes for a / Happy New Year / (any way) / Herbert Hoover”.  Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1942.  Octavo, 81pp.  First edition with Scribner’s “A” on copyright page. Light gray cloth, title printed in blue on spine and front cover.  In the publisher’s dust jacket, with $1.25 retail price printed on front flap, light wear and tears to DJ, yet book is in very fine condition.

HELEN JOHNSON DOYLE SIOUSSAT.  (1902 – 1995) Was a network executive in the early days of American television, serving as CBS radio’s director of talks and public affairs from 1937 to 1958. She created, and was the host of, the first roundtable discussion program on television.  She was a co-founder of ‘American Women in Radio and Television’, an organization to support female workers in media.  She was one of the first women to break the glass ceiling in media.  An important association copy.

 

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