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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... Silent Cal . " Buttoned up and tight - lipped , Calvin Coolidge seemed out of place as the leader of a nation plunging headlong into the modern era . His six years in office were a time of flappers , speakeasies , and a stock market ...
... Silent Cal " -Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice made famous the judgment that he looked " as if he had been weaned on a pickle " -- and a consum- mately passive president . “ His ideal day , ” mocked his contemporary H. L. Mencken ...
... Silent Cal remained a hero , " one of our most underrated presidents . " Throughout his two terms in office , Reagan perused Coolidge speeches and biographies ; after his 1985 cancer surgery , Reagan was seen in his recovery room ...
... Silent Cal . " We had probably the great- est growth and prosperity that we've ever known . And I have taken heed of that , because if he did nothing , maybe that's the answer [ for ] the federal government . " Coolidge also succeeded ...
... Silent Cal " image , his taciturnity was no myth : Coolidge was fiercely unrevealing about his personal thoughts and feelings . His speeches and press conferences , however copious , fail to shed much light on the inner man . According ...
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 |