Calvin's mother died of consumption in 1885 when her son was twelve. In his autobiography he writes of kneeling at his mother's bedside to receive her final blessing, and of carrying her coffin to the ...

A PURITAN IN BABYLON: The Story of Calvin Coolidge—William Allen White—Macmillan ($3.50). In spite of its subject—one of the most negative Presidents the U. S. ever had— orrl the fact that Country ...

This year, the “threes” have it. 1923. The year Yankee Stadium opened. The year of the legendary Jack Dempsey-Luis Firpo fight took place. (There will be more of the latter in a coming issue.) In 1923 ...

CALVIN COOLIDGE—Claude M. Fuess —Little, Brown ($4.75). “In trying to anticipate the verdict of history, we can be sure that Calvin Coolidge will not be remembered as a great constructive President, ...

Born: July 4, 1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont... His 1923 State of the Union address to Congress was the first ever to be broadcast via radio. He would continue to use the medium effectively, giving ...

"[U]nabridged and unaltered republication of the original 1929 First edition." https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri ...