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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... Vermont of his youth , a world of McGuffey's Readers and toil on the farm , Congregationalist churches and town meetings . Less a censorious Puritan than a pious man of sentimental faith , Coolidge shunned the era's new secularism as ...
... Vermont homestead . The leading public relations men of his day -- Bruce Barton , a close and trusted friend , and Edward Bernays , an occasional adviser -- came to the White House bearing advice and schemes . Coolidge understood public ...
... Vermont , a village of farmhouses nestled in the Green Mountains . It had 1,300 resi- dents , almost all of Yankee descent . Typical of rural America , living conditions in Plymouth Notch were rough and rugged . Frigid winters dragged ...
... Vermont would retain its Republi- can allegiance even through the New Deal - favoring the GOP pres- idential candidate in every election until Lyndon B. Johnson won the state for the Democrats as part of his 1964 landslide.2 Yankee ...
... Vermont and a teacher at the Clarke Institute for the Deaf in Northampton , Grace had an olive complexion , lush black hair , and all the social ease her hus- band lacked . Coolidge's courtship of her initiated his first serious ...
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 |