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The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge: Authorized, Expanded, and Annotated Edition
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge: Authorized, Expanded, and Annotated Edition
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge: Authorized, Expanded, and Annotated Edition
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"It was my hope to produce a book that would not only have some historical interest, but would be useful for those in public life, in educational work, in preparation for citizen­ship, and would be especially a book that parents would wish their children to read." —President Calvin Coolidge on his autobiography 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 make laws. They do but discover them." Although he emphasized economics, Coolidge insisted on the importance of "things of the spirit." At the height of his popularity, he chose not to run again when his reelection was all but assured. In this autobiography, Coolidge explains his mindset: "It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man." For all his modesty, Coolidge left an expansive legacy—one we would do well to study today. Shlaes and ­coeditor ­Matthew Denhart draw out the lessons from Coolidge's life and career in an enlightening introduction and annotations to Coolidge's text. To aid Coolidge scholars young and old, the editors have also assembled nearly three dozen photographs, several of Coolidge's greatest speeches, a timeline of Coolidge's life, and afterwords by former Vermont governor James H. Douglas and two of Coolidge's great-grandchildren, Jennifer Coolidge Harville and Christopher Coolidge Jeter. 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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Release dateOct 17, 2023
ISBN9781684516865
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge: Authorized, Expanded, and Annotated Edition
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Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge was the thirtieth president of the United States, serving in the White House from 1923 to 1929. He oversaw one of the greatest periods of prosperity in American history and reduced the federal budget even as the economy grew. Amity Shlaes (editor) is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Coolidge, The Forgotten Man, The Greedy Hand, and, most recently, Great Society. She chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation. Matthew Denhart (editor) serves as president of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation.

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    If you want to get to know Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth president of the United States, you cannot start in a better place than with this autobiography. The reader gets a strong sense of who Coolidge was. There is some very personal and touching passages on the death of his son Calvin (as well as his father) while he was president. However, not a lot on specific policies or issues.
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    In the classic "Silent Cal" vein, his autobiography is concise, easily read yet speaks volumes.Never one to pass up a chance to teach, his childhood is explained with the vividness of a travel brochure and fondness of a family man. His political career, local, state and national portray a man who respects offices by not diminishing those who occupied them.President Calvin Coolidge explains the duties of a president well while stressing how difficult it is to convey the burden and solemnity of the highest office in the land.

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