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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... office were a time of flappers , speakeasies , and a stock market boom , but Coolidge did not join in the fun . He worried instead about cut- ting taxes , balancing the federal budget , and promoting corporate productivity . " The chief ...
... Office . ( George W. Bush is counted our forty- third president , because Grover Cleveland , who served nonconsec- utive terms , is counted twice . ) Of the parade of presidents , a dozen EDITOR'S ΝΟΤΕ xvii or so lead the polls ...
... office upon the sudden death of Warren Harding , until 1929 , when he retired after forswearing a second full term , Coolidge was enormously popular throughout his tenure - an icon of his era every bit as much as Charles Lindbergh ...
... office , Reagan perused Coolidge speeches and biographies ; after his 1985 cancer surgery , Reagan was seen in his recovery room reading a book about Silent Cal . His staff brought to the White House the conservative writer Thomas ...
... office- but also contributed to the crash and Great Depression that fol- lowed . Reagan remembered only the upside . " He cut the taxes four times , " Reagan said in 1981 of Silent Cal . " We had probably the great- est growth and ...
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 |