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Show PICTORIAL LIFE OF HERBERT HOOVER 2 b; so 2. Hib naturu! lient for machinery asserted itself, and he opened a blacksmith shop, and sold farm machinery. 1. Herbert Hoover's father, settling in Iowa, wrested a hard-earned living from the soil as a pioneer farmer. 3. Grandfather Minthorn, on his mother's side, was a bookish farmer, who used to read as he rode horseback. 4. Hoover's mother was a great reader and a serious-minded serious-minded critic of such literature as reached the farm. |