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 . " But the president was no reactionary . He did not seek to stand athwart history ...
... 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 ...
... Edmund Starling , the president's bodyguard and friend , Coolidge seemed able to recall " every day he had spent with her . " " I wish I could really speak to her , " the president told Starling . “ I wish that often . " Coolidge kept ...
... Edmund Starling " the personification of charm . ” A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Vermont and a teacher at the Clarke Institute for the Deaf in Northampton , Grace had an olive complexion , lush black hair , and all the ...
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Contents
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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 |
9 High Tide of Republicanism | 125 |
10 A Contested Legacy | 141 |
Notes | 161 |
Milestones | 179 |
Bibliography | 181 |
Acknowledgments | 189 |
Index | 191 |
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 |