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Text extracted from opening pages of book: CALVIN COOLIDGE The rom Vermont By CLAUDE M. FUESS With Illustrations BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY 1940 COPYRIGHT 1939, 1940, BY CLAUDE M. FUESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK OR PORTIONS THEREOF IN ANY FORM FIRST EDITION Published March 1940 THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOOKS ARE PUBLISHED BY LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICA Introduction WHEN, in the summer of 1932, I had an informal conversation with Mr. Coolidge at Plymouth, Vermont, regarding his possible biography, he finally said drily, Better wait till I'm dead, and changed the subject to the much pleasanter one of Amherst Col lege. Within a few months he was in his grave, and I was un expectedly at work on this book. The preparation of the manuscript has been delayed by matters beyond my own control, particularly by the fact that new material was constantly being found. It seems unlikely, however, that many more of Coolidge's private letters will be brought to light or will greatly alter verdicts already formed. Mrs. Coolidge has generously permitted me to examine a large number of letters written by Coolidge to his father and stepmother from his schoolboy days until Colonel Coolidge's death in 1926 letters which the latter had carefully preserved in a large mahogany cigar humidor. Furthermore she has enabled me to have access to some other important documents and has answered many questions. It must be emphasized, however, that this is, in no sense, an official biography, and that Mrs. Coolidge is not a sponsor for it or for the views expressed herein. Mr. Frank W.Stearns, before his death on March 6, 1939, had opened up all his personal files and allowed me to quote as I pleased from his correspondence. I have had the advantage of long talks with him and his intimate associate, Mr. Benjamin F. Felt, who has advised me on various details. To Mrs. Coolidge, Mr. Stearns, and Mr. Felt, I am deeply indebted. In the course of my researches, I have, of course, spent much time at Plymouth and Northampton, visiting places and people con nected with Coolidge. The Amherst College chapter was written con amore, as must always be the case when a graduate deals with his Alma Mater. I have been fortunate in being able to consult four of Coolidge's secretaries, Henry F, Long, Everett Sanders, Harry Ross, and the late Edward T. Clark, as well as several of those who knew him best, including Miss Aurora Pierce, former Governor Channing H. Cox, the late Judge Henry P. Field, Bruce Barton, Charles A. Andrews, and Coolidge's law partner, Ralph vi INTRODUCTION Hemenway. Robert M. Washburn, Coolidge's first biographer, has called my attention to many significant points and has shown an unfailing interest in my project. Among those who have furnished material or read chapters have been Mrs. Sarah Pollard, Herbert L. Moore, Miss Florence Cilley, former Attorney General J. Garibaldi Sargent, Justice Harlan F. Stone, Frederick S. Allis, Alfred E. Stearns, Grosvenor H. Backus, Lucius R. Eastman, John P. Deering, Charles T. Burnett, James B. Cauthers, C Green Brainard, the late D wight W. Morrow, President Stanley King of Amherst College, Thomas Cochran, Frank W. Buxton, Charles H. Taylor, Andrew J. Peters, Herbert Parker, Robert Lincoln O'Brien, William F. Whiting, William M. Butler, Henry L. Stoddard, William C. Endicott, Nicholas Murray Butler, Wallace McCamant, General Edward L. Logan, Edward D. Duffield, Clarence S. Brigham, William A. Macdonald, Charles M. Davenport, Mrs. Alexandra Carlisle Pfeiffer, Roger L. Scaife, Senator David I. Walsh, Morgan B. Brainard, Howard D. French, Charles K. Bolton, Mark A. De Wolfe Howe, Charles S. Hopkinson, Frederick C. Nichols, Albert P. Wadleigh, President Harold W. Dodds, Foster W. Stearns, James A. Nelson, Robert W. Maynard, George F, Booth, Louis H. Warner, Colonel Robert F. Goodwin, William
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This vintage book contains a detailed biography of Calvin Coolidge. John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872-1933) served as the President of the United States between 1923 and 1929. Originally a Republican lawyer from Vermont, he worked his way up the political ladder before becoming the governor of Massachusetts. He was elected as the vice president of the United States after his decisive response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919, and succeeded president Warren G. Harding upon his death in 1923. Contents include: "Yankee Ancestry and Vermont Environment", "Birth and Boyhood", "Preparing for College", "Early Days in Northampton", "The Horizon Widens", "Up The Political Ladder", "A Friend Appears", "Lieutenant Governor", "Governor of Massachusetts", "The Boston Police Strike of 1919", "In National Politics", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. "Calvin Coolidge - The Man From Vermont" was first published in 1939.
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.