ISBN: 9780063287167

New York Times Bestseller“Amity Shlaes’s new biography carries a different and highly relevant message. . . . Read Coolidge, and better understand the forces bearing on t… Mehr…

New York Times Bestseller“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“America’s 30th president has been much misunderstood. . . . Shlaes’s biography provides a window onto an unfairly tarnished period. It deserves to be widely read.”—The EconomistTimed to the centennial of the Calvin Coolidge presidency, an updated edition of Amity Shlaes’s brilliant and provocative New York Times bestselling biography examines an underrated chief executive who offered a model of presidential service strikingly different from that seen in America today. This new edition features a preface by Washington Post columnist George F. Will.Seemingly unbreachable political divisions, war and pandemic, unrest in cities, a budgetary crisis, economic disruption –all troubles we confront today—also challenged America a century ago. When President Warren Harding passed away suddenly in 1923, America seemed to be heading deeper into uncertainty. Many considered the vice president who suddenly succeeded Harding, the modest Silent Cal, a mere lame duck. Yet over the course of the 1920s, through breathtaking discipline and determination, this unexpected president set America on a new course and restored the nation’s confidence in itself.In this magisterial biography, bestselling author Amity Shlaes traces Coolidge’s dramatic story, and the roots of his strength, from a childhood in a New England hamlet to his rise from town lawmaker to governor of Massachusetts and his dramatic handling of the Boston Police strike. Through bipartisanship, civility, and sheer perseverance, the thirtieth president ended the era of crisis and delivered both a solvent government and a better life to working Americans.More importantly, Coolidge carefully rebuilt Americans’ trust our own government. As Shlaes shows, Coolidge led by example, inspiring Americans to cast away irony and anger. Elected on his own in 1924, Coolidge seemed set for reelection in 1928. Yet a fateful trip to South Dakota—where he observed the great profiles of other Presidents being sculpted at Mount Rushmore—coincided with Coolidge’s greatest demonstration of presidential character. Precisely because he believed service more important than glory, as Shlaes records, Coolidge made a sacrifice rare for a popular president, and announced he would not run again.At once a revision of a leader and a decade, this dramatic biography, complete a new preface from George F. Will, Coolidge captures the remarkable and again timely story of a rare president whose leadership couldn’t be timelier today.  Trade Books>Hardcover>U.S. History>1870 - 1945>1870 - 1945, HarperCollins Publishers Core >2<

2023, ISBN: 0063287161

[EAN: 9780063287167], Neubuch, [PU: Harper], Hardcover. New York Times Bestseller"Amity Shlaes's new biography carries a different and highly relevant message. . . . Read Coolidge, and be… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780063287167], Neubuch, [PU: Harper], Hardcover. New York Times Bestseller"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"America's 30th president has been much misunderstood. . . . Shlaes's biography provides a window onto an unfairly tarnished period. It deserves to be widely read."--The EconomistTimed to the centennial of the Calvin Coolidge presidency, an updated edition of Amity Shlaes's brilliant and provocative New York Times bestselling biography examines an underrated chief executive who offered a model of presidential service strikingly different from that seen in America today. This new edition features a preface by Washington Post columnist George F. Will.Seemingly unbreachable political divisions, war and pandemic, unrest in cities, a budgetary crisis, economic disruption -all troubles we confront today--also challenged America a century ago. When President Warren Harding passed away suddenly in 1923, America seemed to be heading deeper into uncertainty. Many considered the vice president who suddenly succeeded Harding, the modest Silent Cal, a mere lame duck. Yet over the course of the 1920s, through breathtaking discipline and determination, this unexpected president set America on a new course and restored the nation's confidence in itself.In this magisterial biography, bestselling author Amity Shlaes traces Coolidge's dramatic story, and the roots of his strength, from a childhood in a New England hamlet to his rise from town lawmaker to governor of Massachusetts and his dramatic handling of the Boston Police strike. Through bipartisanship, civility, and sheer perseverance, the thirtieth president ended the era of crisis and delivered both a solvent government and a better life to working Americans.More importantly, Coolidge carefully rebuilt Americans' trust our own government. As Shlaes shows, Coolidge led by example, inspiring Americans to cast away irony and anger. Elected on his own in 1924, Coolidge seemed set for reelection in 1928. Yet a fateful trip to South Dakota--where he observed the great profiles of other Presidents being sculpted at Mount Rushmore--coincided with Coolidge's greatest demonstration of presidential character. Precisely because he believed service more important than glory, as Shlaes records, Coolidge made a sacrifice rare for a popular president, and announced he would not run again.At once a revision of a leader and a decade, this dramatic biography, complete a new preface from George F. Will, Coolidge captures the remarkable and again timely story of a rare president whose leadership couldn't be timelier today. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability., Books<

2023, ISBN: 0063287161

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[EAN: 9780063287167], Neubuch, [PU: Harper], 1851-1899; 1900-1949; 20TH CENTURY; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL; HISTORY; PRESIDENTS; PRESIDENTS HEADS OF STATE; UNITED STATES, SIGN… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780063287167], Neubuch, [PU: Harper], 1851-1899; 1900-1949; 20TH CENTURY; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL; HISTORY; PRESIDENTS; PRESIDENTS HEADS OF STATE; UNITED STATES, SIGNED, COLLECTIBLE, AUTOGRAPHED, Jacket, First edition. Hard cover. Harper (2023) New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING Hardcover: new. Dust jacket: new. Personally signed by the author to the full title page. First edition, first printing, full number line. Dust jacket is wrapped in protective archival grade mylar. COA included. Photos available upon request. Timed to the centennial of the Calvin Coolidge presidency, an updated edition of Amity Shlaes's brilliant and provocative New York Times bestselling biography examines an underrated chief executive who offered a model of presidential service strikingly different from that seen in America today. This new edition features a preface by Washington Post columnist George F. Will. Seemingly unbreachable political divisions, war and pandemic, unrest in cities, a budgetary crisis, economic disruption –all troubles we confront today—also challenged America a century ago. When President Warren Harding passed away suddenly in 1923, America seemed to be heading deeper into uncertainty. Many considered the vice president who suddenly succeeded Harding, the modest Silent Cal, a mere lame duck. Yet over the course of the 1920s, through breathtaking discipline and determination, this unexpected president set America on a new course and restored the nation's confidence in itself. In this magisterial biography, bestselling author Amity Shlaes traces Coolidge's dramatic story, and the roots of his strength, from a childhood in a New England hamlet to his rise from town lawmaker to governor of Massachusetts and his dramatic handling of the Boston Police strike. Through bipartisanship, civility, and sheer perseverance, the thirtieth president ended the era of crisis and delivered both a solvent government and a better life to working Americans. More importantly, Coolidge carefully rebuilt Americans' trust our own government. As Shlaes shows, Coolidge led by example, inspiring Americans to cast away irony and anger. Elected on his own in 1924, Coolidge seemed set for reelection in 1928. Yet a fateful trip to South Dakota—where he observed the great profiles of other Presidents being sculpted at Mount Rushmore—coincided with Coolidge's greatest demonstration of presidential character. Precisely because he believed service more important than glory, as Shlaes records, Coolidge made a sacrifice rare for a popular president, and announced he would not run again. At once a revision of a leader and a decade, this dramatic biography, complete a new preface from George F. Will, Coolidge captures the remarkable and again timely story of a rare president whose leadership couldn't be timelier today., Books<

2023, ISBN: 9780063287167

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First edition. Hard cover. Harper (2023)New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING Hardcover: new. Dust jacket: new. Personally signed by the author to … Mehr…

First edition. Hard cover. Harper (2023)New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING Hardcover: new. Dust jacket: new. Personally signed by the author to the full title page. First edition, first printing, full number line. Dust jacket is wrapped in protective archival grade mylar. COA included. Photos available upon request.Timed to the centennial of the Calvin Coolidge presidency, an updated edition of Amity Shlaes's brilliant and provocative New York Times bestselling biography examines an underrated chief executive who offered a model of presidential service strikingly different from that seen in America today. This new edition features a preface by Washington Post columnist George F. Will.Seemingly unbreachable political divisions, war and pandemic, unrest in cities, a budgetary crisis, economic disruption all troubles we confront todayalso challenged America a century ago. When President Warren Harding passed away suddenly in 1923, America seemed to be heading deeper into uncertainty. Many considered the vice president who suddenly succeeded Harding, the modest Silent Cal, a mere lame duck. Yet over the course of the 1920s, through breathtaking discipline and determination, this unexpected president set America on a new course and restored the nation's confidence in itself.In this magisterial biography, bestselling author Amity Shlaes traces Coolidge's dramatic story, and the roots of his strength, from a childhood in a New England hamlet to his rise from town lawmaker to governor of Massachusetts and his dramatic handling of the Boston Police strike. Through bipartisanship, civility, and sheer perseverance, the thirtieth president ended the era of crisis and delivered both a solvent government and a better life to working Americans.More importantly, Coolidge carefully rebuilt Americans' trust our own government. As Shlaes shows, Coolidge led by example, inspiring Americans to cast away irony and anger. Elected on his own in 1924, Coolidge seemed set for reelection in 1928. Yet a fateful trip to South Dakotawhere he observed the great profiles of other Presidents being sculpted at Mount Rushmorecoincided with Coolidge's greatest demonstration of presidential character. Precisely because he believed service more important than glory, as Shlaes records, Coolidge made a sacrifice rare for a popular president, and announced he would not run again.At once a revision of a leader and a decade, this dramatic biography, complete a new preface from George F. Will, Coolidge captures the remarkable and again timely story of a rare president whose leadership couldn't be timelier today., Harper, 2023, 6<

ISBN: 9780063287167

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