![]() ![]() ![]() Coolidge, on the other hand, possessed a mien so restrained and remote that even the NSA could hardly have deciphered his true inner self.īased on what I do know of Coolidge, I don’t think he would be the least bit disappointed to know he didn’t quite make my list of the Top 40 former presidents I would love to have over for dinner and drinks. It is often recalled that George Washington possessed a demeanor so reserved that his personality was impenetrable to anyone outside his family. Probably by self-design, Calvin Coolidge is a very difficult person to get to know. Yet he remains far more mysterious than I (or presumably his biographers) would have hoped. Like many former presidents whose memories are dulled by lazy parodies or unreflective caricatures, Coolidge proved to be more interesting than I initially suspected. My introduction to Calvin Coolidge on this journey included seven biographies providing nearly 3,000 pages – and almost two months – of entertainment (well… scholarship). ![]()
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