{"product_id":"2940016195933","title":"Calvin Coolidge: A Documentary Biography","description":"A Documentary Biography of America's Thirtieth President\u003cp\u003eCalvin Coolidge \"Calvin Coolidge: A Documentary Biography\" reveals the \"album version\" of President Calvin Coolidge, featuring extended excerpts and, indeed, often the entire texts of major Coolidge addresses--as well as presenting a host of other illuminating documents, authored both by or about America's vastly underrated Thirtieth President.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's all here:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The classic opposites-attract love story of taciturn Cal Coolidge and his outgoing wife Grace Goodhue Coolidge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Jack Kennedy had his Irish Mafia, Jimmy Carter had his Georgia Mafia. The story of Frank Stearns, Dwight Morrow, and Calvin Coolidge's \"Amherst Mafia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Phenomenal vote-getter Coolidge won more offices than any other president. The secret of how this painfully shy man did it. His strong appeal to Democrats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The 1919 Boston Police Strike. How a city under siege ultimately makes Calvin Coolidge president.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• How a runaway 1920 GOP convention stampedes to nominate Coolidge for the vice-presidency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Unbelievable tragedy visits in July 1924 as Calvin Coolidge stands to become president in his own right--the death of his son Cal Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The Coolidge presidency: a partnership of three remarkable figures: Coolidge, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, and Budget Director Herbert Lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Coolidge vs. the Klan: reaching out to embattled minorities: Jews, blacks, Catholics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The gutsy Coolidge vetoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• How Coolidge chose \"not to run\" in 1928.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Debunking the fabled Coolidge \"Persistence\" quote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is further augmented by:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• a Calvin Coolidge fact sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• a comprehensive Coolidge bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• a detailed Coolidge time line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• a photo insert as well as illustrations throughout the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• an essay detailing recently discovered facts regarding the fabled Coolidge \"Persistence\" quote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to numerous key speeches and texts from Coolidge himself, the volume includes contemporary readings from:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Journalist Bruce Barton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The Boston Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Marion Leroy Burton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Vice President Charles G. Dawes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Rep. Frederick H. Gillett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Al Jolson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Columnist Walter Lippmann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Judge Wallace McCamant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Dwight W. Morrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Alexandra Carlisle Pfeiffer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Columnist H. I. Phillips\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The Pittsburgh Courier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Theodore Roosevelt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Secretary to the President C. Bascom Slemp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Frank W. Stearns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Coolidge biographer R. M. Washburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Church \u0026 Reid Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071179768048,"sku":"2940016195933","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016195933_p0.jpg?v=1763630567","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016195933","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}