The first book-length assessment of Coolidge's presidency in thirty years draws on the recently opened papers of his White House physician for hitherto unknown
"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 prepa
The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership He was known as "Silent
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.
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 le