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• Silent Cal's Almanack: The Homespun Wit and Wisdom of Vermont's Calvin Coolidge

  David Pietrusza

  
  A treasury of the wit and wisdom of Calvin Coolidge, America's surprisingly eloquent 30th President. Silent Cal's Almanack includes: 

  • The ultimate distillation of Calvin Coolidge political wisdom. 
  • A selection of Silent Cal's key speeches. 
  • A thought-provoking original biographical essay.
  • A fascinating and unique 50-page portfolio of Coolidge photos, editorial cartoons and campaign memorabilia. 
  • A Coolidge timeline. 
  • A Coolidge bibliography. 

  "He wrote simply, innocently, artlessly," H. L. Mencken once noted regarding Coolidge's prose, "He forgot all the literary affectations and set down his ideas exactly as they came into his head. The result was a bald, but strangely appealing piece of writing-a composition of almost Lincolnian austerity and beauty. The true Vermonter was in every line of it." 

  Supreme Court Justice David Souter recently wrote of Calvin Coolidge: "The simple beauty of his English prose exceeds anything I could say in praise of it."

  "Calvin Coolidge was one of the greatest presidents of the 20th century and is certainly the most underrated. This book, compiled by one of my favorite historians, will give readers a full appreciation of why silent Cal's wisdom shines like a beacon through the fog of historical amnesia."--Jonah Goldberg

  
  

  "delightful" -- Burton Folsom 

  
   "great work" -- George Will 

  
   "a gem of a book" --Elizabeth Kantor 

  
   "very good" -- Blog and Mablog 

  
  "I dipped into this treasury and gleaned much from [Coolidge's] wisdom." -- Thomas F. Roeser

  Featured on the Glenn Beck Show and C-SPAN's BookTV.

  
  C-SPAN has selected Mr. Pietrusza's talk on "Silent Cal's Almanack' for inclusion in its online "C-SPAN Classroom" initiative for the nation's social studies teachers.
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge (American Presidents (Times))

  David Greenberg

  
  
   

• The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge (American Presidency Series)

  Robert H. Ferrell

  
  
   

• The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

  Calvin Coolidge

  
  
   

• As I Knew Them: President's Politics From Grant To Coolidge

  Henry L. Stoddard

  
  
   

• As I Knew Them: Presidents and Politics from Grant To Coolidge (1927)

  Henry L. Stoddard

  
  
   

• Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

  Calvin Coolidge

  
  
   

• Building a Great Library: Coolidge Years at Harvard

  W Bentinck Smith

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge (Presidential Leaders)

  Ruth Tenzer Feldman

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge (Profiles of the Presidents (Compass Point Press))

  Robin Santos Doak

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge (United States Presidents (Abdo))

  Paul Joseph

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (Presidents & Their Times)

  Steven Otfinoski

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (Presidents of the United States)

  Rita Stevens

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge: 30th President of the United States (United States Presidents (Abdo))

  Heidi M. D. Elston

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge: America's 21st President (Encyclopedia of Presidents, Second)

  R. Conrad Stein

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge: His First Biography

  R.M. Washburn

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge: Our Thirtieth President (Presidents of the U.S.A. (Child's World))

  Melissa Maupin

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge: Our Thirtieth President (Spirit of America: Our Presidents)

  Melissa Maupin

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge: Silent Cal

  Biographiq

  
  
   

• Calvin Coolidge: The Quiet President

  Donald R. McCoy