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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... 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 stop. If ...
... 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 not ...
... Starling wrote . Stories and wry comments about Coolidge's taciturnity are legendary . One of the best known concerns the writer Dorothy Parker's reaction to his death , in 1933. Informed of Coolidge's passing , the Algonquin Table wit ...
... Starling.21 Coolidge matched this economy of speech with an economy of money — not just in the policies he promulgated but in his personal habits . He pared back opulent White House dinner menus and made cheese sandwiches for his ...
... 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 his ...
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 |