Silent Cal's Almanack

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."

David Pietrusza is the award-winning author of 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents, 1960---LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies, Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series, and Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. An expert on the 1920s, he has served on the Board of the Directors of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation.