Coolidge
by Amity Shlaes · first published 2013
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From the Publisher... Amity Shlaes chronicles a riveting portrait of a great American president, Calvin Coolidge, who served in office in the 1920s. He was known to many as "Silent Cal" and to some as "Scrooge." His personality portrayed a quiet, passive man, old fashioned, but the most modern of all presidents. His discipline represented strength, and he was admired for his courage. From the governor of Massachusetts to the President of the U.S., he never feared issues in a crucial period of turmoil as he showed the nation how to persevere. His motto of doing less could produce more, along
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Sounds like you would be served well reading a book or two: https://www.amazon.com/Coolidge-Amity-Shlaes/dp/0061967556
on “Dole Kemp 96 Web Site” ↗For sure, this is the one I've enjoyed. There's an audiobook too if that's more your flavor: https://www.amazon.com/Coolidge-Amity-Shlaes/dp/0061967556
on “OpenSpending – Exploring $6T+ in federal spending from USASpending.gov data” ↗> For these reasons, Jimmy Carter is my third-favorite president of the 20th century, behind my favorite, Calvin Coolidge, and my second-favorite, Dwight Eisenhower. Aside from Amity Shlaes, who seems to have worked backwards from her desired conclusion, I've never heard an argument put forward for Coolidge as among the…
on “Jimmy Carter has died” ↗