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In the first full-scale biography of Calvin Coolidge in a generation, Robert Sobel shatters the caricature of our thirtieth president as a silent, do-nothing leader. Sobel instead exposes the real Coolidge, whose legacy as the most Jeffersonian of all twentieth century presidents still reverberates today.
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Encyclopedia of presidents volume 30
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A biography of the thirtieth president of the United States, with information about his childhood, family, political career, presidency, and legacy.
6) Coolidge
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Calvin Coolidge, who served as president from 1923 to 1929, never rated highly in polls. The shy Vermonter, nicknamed "Silent Cal," has long been dismissed as quiet and passive. History has remembered the decade in which he served as a frivolous, extravagant period predating the Great Depression. Now Amity Shlaes shows that the mid-1920s was, in fact, a triumphant period that established our modern way of life: the nation electrified, Americans drove...
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This biography introduces readers to the life of Calvin Coolidge including his early political career and key events from Coolidge's administration including the Kellogg-Briand Pact and Coolidge Prosperity. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library...
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Imagine a country in which strikes by public-sector unions occupied the public square; where foreign policy wandered aimlessly as America disentangled itself from wars abroad and a potential civil war on its southern border; where racial and ethnic groups jostled for political influence; where a war on illicit substances led to violence in its cities; where technology was dramatically changing how mankind communicated and moved about-and where the...
15) Calvin Coolidge
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Discusses the personal life and political career of the man who became the thirtieth president of the United States in 1923 upon the death of President Harding.
16) The American presidents: 1890-1945, the emergence of modern America ; the Great Depression & WWII
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A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
17) Calvin Coolidge
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"Provides comprehensive information on President Calvin Coolidge and places him within his historical and cultural context. Also explored are the formative events of his times and how he responded"--Provided by publisher.
18) Calvin Coolidge
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Discusses the personal life and political career of the man who became the thirtieth president of the United States in 1923 upon the death of President Harding. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to Coolidge.
19) Calvin Coolidge
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A biography of the thirtieth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
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