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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... Frank Stearns and William Butler , and from fellow Amherst graduates like the fin- ancier Dwight Morrow and the attorney Harlan Fiske Stone . Chief Justice William Howard Taft , the former president , also gave coun- sel , as did senior ...
... a life in politics represented a tri- umph of his ambition and his admiration for his father over the shyness he felt so acutely as a boy . “ It's a hard thing for me to play this game , " he told Frank Stearns , the. CALVIN 17 COOLIDGE.
... Frank Stearns , the Massachusetts department store mogul he befriended at mid - career . “ In politics , one must meet people , and that's not easy for me . . . . When I was a little fel- low , as long ago as I can remember , I would go ...
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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 |