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

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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.”
About the Author Pietrusza’s powerful historical story-telling has been compared to that of Doris Kearns Goodwin, Theodore H. White, and Gene Fowler. An expert on the 1920s, Pietrusza has served on the Board of the Directors of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation. He is a contributor to the Lincoln Library of American History: Presidential Elections. He is also the author of The Roaring Twenties, an examination of the era for younger readers. A respected commentator, Pietrusza has appeared on C-SPAN BookTV, MSNBC, The History Channel, NPR, the Fox News Network, Serius XM Radio, ESPN and the Fox Sports Channel.