![]() Many considered the vice president who suddenly succeeded Harding, the modest Silent Cal, a mere lame duck. When President Warren Harding passed away suddenly in 1923, America seemed to be heading deeper into uncertainty. 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. This new edition features a preface by Washington Post columnist George F. It deserves to be widely read.The Economist Timed to the centennial of the Calvin Coolidge presidency, an updated edition of Amity Shlaess 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. Shlaess biography provides a window onto an unfairly tarnished period. ![]() ![]() Read Coolidge, and better understand the forces bearing on the President and Congress almost a century later.Paul Volcker Americas 30th president has been much misunderstood. New York Times BestsellerAmity Shlaess new biography carries a different and highly relevant message. ![]()
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