Coolidge - Hardcover

Shlaes, Amity

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061967556 ISBN 13: 9780061967559

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2013

Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-02-12 Pages: 576 Language: English Publisher: Harper Amity Shlaes. author of The Forgotten Man. delivers a brilliant and provocative reexamination of America's thirtieth president. Calvin Coolidge. and the decade of unparalleled growth that the nation enjoyed under his leadership. In this riveting biography. Shlaes traces Coolidge's improbable rise from a tiny town in New England to a youth so unpopular he was shut out of college fraternities at Amherst College up through Massachusetts politics. After a divisive period of government excess and corruption. Coolidge restored national trust in Washington and achieved what few other peacetime presidents have: He left office with a federal budget smaller than the one he inherited. A man of calm discipline. he lived by example. renting half of a two-family house for his entire political career rather than...

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Product Description:

This brilliant and provocative reexamination of America's 30th president reveals a man who restored national trust in government, lived by example, suffered great tragedy, emphasized the importance of presidential humility and inspired optimism. 150,000 first printing.

Review:

""Coolidge" is a welcome new biography of a great American president. Amity Shlaes shines fresh light on a leader of humble persistence who unexpectedly found himself in the presidency and whose faith in the American people helped restore prosperity during a period of great turmoil. Amidst today's economic hardships and an uncertain future, Shlaes illuminates a path forward -- making "Coolidge" a must-read for policymakers and citizens alike."--Paul Ryan

"Coolidge" is a welcome new biography of a great American president. Amity Shlaes shines fresh light on a leader of humble persistence who unexpectedly found himself in the presidency and whose faith in the American people helped restore prosperity during a period of great turmoil. Amidst today s economic hardships and an uncertain future, Shlaes illuminates a path forward -- making "Coolidge" a must-read for policymakers and citizens alike. --Paul Ryan"

History has paid little attention to the achievements of Coolidge because he seemed to be unduly passive. Yet Amity Shlaes, as his biographer, exposes the heroic nature of the man and brings to life one of the most vibrant periods in American economic history. --Alan Greenspan"

To read Amity Shlaes s well-crafted biography is to understand why Reagan so admired the famously reticent man whom Shlaes calls our great refrainer. --George F. Will"

Amity Shlaes s extraordinary biography describes how a single politician can change an entire political culture -- a story with plenty of echoes today. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, doyenne of the Washington salons, first disdained Coolidge, then admired him. After reading Coolidge, every reader will, too. --Anne Applebaum"

A marvelous book that is in many respects as subtle and powerful as Coolidge himself. Shlaes s masterly command of economics, policy, and personal portraiture illustrates the times, talents, character, and courage of the consummate New Englander. --Mark Helprin"

Coolidge is a welcome new biography of a great American president. Amity Shlaes shines fresh light on a leader of humble persistence who unexpectedly found himself in the presidency and whose faith in the American people helped restore prosperity during a period of great turmoil. Amidst today s economic hardships and an uncertain future, Shlaes illuminates a path forward -- making Coolidge a must-read for policymakers and citizens alike. --Paul Ryan"

Amity Shlaes s new biography carries a different and highly relevant message. . . . Read Coolidge, and better understand the forces bearing on the President and Congress almost a century later. --Paul Volcker"

Timely and important. . . . The research is exhaustive, and the political and economic analysis sound. --The Wall Street Journal"

With a deft finger on today s conservative pulse, Shlaes portrays Calvin Coolidge as a paragon of a president by virtue of his small-government policies. --The New York Times Book Review -- Editor's Choice"

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0061967556
• ISBN 13: 9780061967559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 565