Grace Coolidge: The People's Lady in Silent Cal's White House

by Robert H. Ferrell and Dashka Slater

Book Overview

When Grace Anna Goodhue wed Calvin Coolidge in 1905, she thought then that marriage has seldom united two people of more vastly different temperaments and tastes. Warm and vivacious to her husband's dour and taciturn, Grace was to be a contrast to Calvin for years to come. But as Robert Ferrell shows, their marriage ensured her husband's rise to high office.

Ferrell focuses on Grace Coolidge's years in the White House, 1923-1929. Although the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700615636
• ISBN13: 9780700615636
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"