The Shadow of Blooming Grove: Warren G. Harding in His Times (The Library of the Presidents)

xvi, [2], 691, [5] pp. 8vo. Original navy blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. Notes and index follow text. A biography of the 29th President of the United States. Though his administration is remembered for its many scandals (particularly Teapot Dome), Harding also instituted the first federal child welfare program, created the Bureau of the Budget, and achieved an agreement for naval limitations with several other world powers at the Washington Naval Conference.