Amity Shlaes reclaimed a misunderstood president with her bestselling
biography Coolidge. Now she presents an expanded and annotated
edition of that president’s masterful memoir. The Autobiography
of Calvin Coolidge is as unjustly neglected as Calvin Coolidge
himself. The man caricatured as “Silent Cal” was a gifted writer.
The New York Times called him “the most literary man who has
occupied the White House since 1865.” One biographer wrote that
Coolidge’s autobiography “displays a literary grace that is
lacking in most such books by former presidents.” The Coolidge
who emerges in these pages is a model of character, principle, and
humility—rare qualities in Washington. The autobiography offers
great insight into the man and his philosophy. Calvin Coolidge’s
leadership provides urgent lessons for our age of exploding debt and
government power. Shlaes and coeditor Matthew Denhart, president of
the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, underscore those lessons
in an enlightening introduction and annotations to Coolidge’s text.
This handsome new edition is the first to appear in nearly fifteen
years. It includes several of Coolidge’s greatest speeches, more
than a dozen photographs, a timeline of Coolidge’s life, and other
new material. This autobiography combats the myths about one of our
most misunderstood presidents. It also shows us how much we still have
to learn from Calvin Coolidge.
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ISBN
9781504066433
Publisert
2020
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Intercollegiate Studies Institute
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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