| Authors: |
Shlaes, Amity.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1923-1929.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Coolidge, Calvin,1872-1933.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Harper, c2013. |
| Description: |
viii, 565 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780061967559 (hbk.) 0061967556 (hbk.) |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-535) and index. |
| Contents: |
Snowbound -- The ouden -- Determination -- The Roosevelt way -- War -- The strike -- The reign of law -- Normalcy -- "A most insignificant office" -- The budget -- The siege and the spruce -- The flood and the flier -- The decision at Rushmore-- Coolidge agonistes -- The shield and the book -- Coda : the inditing. |
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| Summary: |
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. |