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A review by joshknape
Coolidge by Amity Shlaes
3.0
This book disappointed me. It was a strong and worthy bio of Coolidge, and will probably become the standard just for being so long and detailed, but it didn't tell me much that I didn't already know or anything I wanted to know about Coolidge and his career.
One of the few very interesting facts I learned is that the phrase "silent majority" was NOT coined by Pat Buchanan in the 1960s to describe the voter demographic President Nixon should reach and speak for. It was actually first used in the 1920s by Bruce Barton to describe the segment of the American public Calvin Coolidge was most loved by.
One of the few very interesting facts I learned is that the phrase "silent majority" was NOT coined by Pat Buchanan in the 1960s to describe the voter demographic President Nixon should reach and speak for. It was actually first used in the 1920s by Bruce Barton to describe the segment of the American public Calvin Coolidge was most loved by.