Calvin Coolidge "Calvin Coolidge: A Documentary Biography" reveals the "album version" of President Calvin Coolidge, featuring extended excerpts and, indeed, often the entire texts of major Coolidge addresses--as well as presenting a host of other illuminating documents, authored both by or about America's vastly underrated Thirtieth President.
It's all here:
• The classic opposites-attract love story of taciturn Cal Coolidge and his outgoing wife Grace Goodhue Coolidge.
• Jack Kennedy had his Irish Mafia, Jimmy Carter had his Georgia Mafia. The story of Frank Stearns, Dwight Morrow, and Calvin Coolidge's "Amherst Mafia."
• Phenomenal vote-getter Coolidge won more offices than any other president. The secret of how this painfully shy man did it. His strong appeal to Democrats.
• The 1919 Boston Police Strike. How a city under siege ultimately makes Calvin Coolidge president.
• How a runaway 1920 GOP convention stampedes to nominate Coolidge for the vice-presidency.
• Unbelievable tragedy visits in July 1924 as Calvin Coolidge stands to become president in his own right--the death of his son Cal Jr.
• The Coolidge presidency: a partnership of three remarkable figures: Coolidge, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, and Budget Director Herbert Lord.
• Coolidge vs. the Klan: reaching out to embattled minorities: Jews, blacks, Catholics.
• The gutsy Coolidge vetoes.
• How Coolidge chose "not to run" in 1928.
• Debunking the fabled Coolidge "Persistence" quote.
The book is further augmented by:
• a Calvin Coolidge fact sheet.
• a comprehensive Coolidge bibliography.
• a detailed Coolidge time line.
• a photo insert as well as illustrations throughout the text.
• an essay detailing recently discovered facts regarding the fabled Coolidge "Persistence" quote.
In addition to numerous key speeches and texts from Coolidge himself, the volume includes contemporary readings from:
• Journalist Bruce Barton
• The Boston Herald
• Marion Leroy Burton
• First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge
• Vice President Charles G. Dawes
• Rep. Frederick H. Gillett
• Al Jolson
• Columnist Walter Lippmann
• Judge Wallace McCamant
• Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon
• Dwight W. Morrow
• Alexandra Carlisle Pfeiffer
• Columnist H. I. Phillips
• The Pittsburgh Courier
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Secretary to the President C. Bascom Slemp
• Frank W. Stearns
• Coolidge biographer R. M. Washburn
Calvin Coolidge "Calvin Coolidge: A Documentary Biography" reveals the "album version" of President Calvin Coolidge, featuring extended excerpts and, indeed, often the entire texts of major Coolidge addresses--as well as presenting a host of other illuminating documents, authored both by or about America's vastly underrated Thirtieth President.
It's all here:
• The classic opposites-attract love story of taciturn Cal Coolidge and his outgoing wife Grace Goodhue Coolidge.
• Jack Kennedy had his Irish Mafia, Jimmy Carter had his Georgia Mafia. The story of Frank Stearns, Dwight Morrow, and Calvin Coolidge's "Amherst Mafia."
• Phenomenal vote-getter Coolidge won more offices than any other president. The secret of how this painfully shy man did it. His strong appeal to Democrats.
• The 1919 Boston Police Strike. How a city under siege ultimately makes Calvin Coolidge president.
• How a runaway 1920 GOP convention stampedes to nominate Coolidge for the vice-presidency.
• Unbelievable tragedy visits in July 1924 as Calvin Coolidge stands to become president in his own right--the death of his son Cal Jr.
• The Coolidge presidency: a partnership of three remarkable figures: Coolidge, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, and Budget Director Herbert Lord.
• Coolidge vs. the Klan: reaching out to embattled minorities: Jews, blacks, Catholics.
• The gutsy Coolidge vetoes.
• How Coolidge chose "not to run" in 1928.
• Debunking the fabled Coolidge "Persistence" quote.
The book is further augmented by:
• a Calvin Coolidge fact sheet.
• a comprehensive Coolidge bibliography.
• a detailed Coolidge time line.
• a photo insert as well as illustrations throughout the text.
• an essay detailing recently discovered facts regarding the fabled Coolidge "Persistence" quote.
In addition to numerous key speeches and texts from Coolidge himself, the volume includes contemporary readings from:
• Journalist Bruce Barton
• The Boston Herald
• Marion Leroy Burton
• First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge
• Vice President Charles G. Dawes
• Rep. Frederick H. Gillett
• Al Jolson
• Columnist Walter Lippmann
• Judge Wallace McCamant
• Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon
• Dwight W. Morrow
• Alexandra Carlisle Pfeiffer
• Columnist H. I. Phillips
• The Pittsburgh Courier
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Secretary to the President C. Bascom Slemp
• Frank W. Stearns
• Coolidge biographer R. M. Washburn
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BN ID: | 2940016195933 |
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Publisher: | Church & Reid Books |
Publication date: | 02/12/2012 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 482 KB |