Book biographies of calvin coolidge

My introduction to Calvin Coolidge on this journey included seven biographies providing nearly 3, pages &#; and almost two months &#; of entertainment (well&#;scholarship).

Like many former presidents whose memories are dulled by lazy parodies or unreflective caricatures, Coolidge proved to be more interesting than I initially suspected. Yet he remains far more mysterious than I (or presumably his biographers) would have hoped.

Probably by self-design, Calvin Coolidge is a very difficult person to get to know. It is often recalled that George Washington possessed a demeanor so reserved that his personality was impenetrable to anyone outside his family. Coolidge, on the other hand, possessed a mien so restrained and remote that even the NSA could hardly have deciphered his true inner self.

Based on what I do know of Coolidge, I don&#;t think he would be the least bit disappointed to know he didn&#;t quite make my list of

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The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge - Expanded and Annotated Edition

Today Americans of all backgrounds are on the hunt for a different politi­cal model. In fact, such a model awaits them, if only they turn their eyes to their own past . . . to America’s thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge. 

Coolidge’s masterful autobiography offers urgent lessons for our age of exploding debt, increasingly centralized power, and fierce partisan division. This expanded and annotated volume, edited by Coolidge biographer Amity Shlaes and authorized by the Coolidge family, is the definitive edition of the text that presidential historian Craig Fehrman calls “the forgotten classic of presidential writing.” 

To read this volume is to understand the tragic extent to which historians underrate President Coolidge. The Coolidge who emerges in these pages is a model of character, principle, and humility—rare qualities in Washington, then as now. A man of great faith, Coolidge told Americans: “Men do not

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The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

autobiography bygd Calvin Coolidge

The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge is an autobiography written by former United States PresidentCalvin Coolidge. Shortly after Coolidge left office, it was serialized in Cosmopolitan magazine in nine parts, from April through månad, It was published as a book in November by the Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. It was also serialized through newspaper syndication.

Coolidge's autobiography consisted of about 45, words, unusually short in comparison to the era's typical "long-winded" biographies and autobiographies.^[1] It was praised by Ray Long, editor of Cosmopolitan, for describing the complete story of Coolidge's life and "the complete story of our country during the dramatic years of this generation."^[2] Coolidge was one of the first U.S. Presidents to write and publish an autobiography. Coolidge's autobiography covers all the notable moments in his life, such as his childho