Calvin Coolidge: The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929Macmillan, 2006 M12 26 - 224 pages The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership |
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... Edmund Starling, Coolidge's Secret Service agent and daily walking companion. "The president was the antithesis of all this and he despised it."9 But the president was no reactionary. He did not seek to stand athwart history yelling ...
... Edmund Starling, perceptively, “were part of a protective shell." This reserve was evident to everyone who met him. Five feet nine inches tall, slender, with wispy sandy hair and a pallid complexion, Coolidge was moderately handsome but ...
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Contents
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1 Out of Plymouth Notch | 15 |
2 On the Brink | 27 |
3 The New President | 43 |
4 Hitting His Stride | 55 |
5 The Coolidge Prosperity | 67 |
6 Controversies | 81 |
7 Getting Elected | 91 |
8 Beyond Americas Shores | 109 |
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Calvin Coolidge: The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929 David Greenberg No preview available - 2007 |
Calvin Coolidge: The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929 David Greenberg No preview available - 2007 |