Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream

Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream

Author	John Derbyshire
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fiction
Publication date	1996
Pages	273
ISBN	0-312-14044-4

Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream is a 1996 book by John Derbyshire.^[1]

Plot

A Capraesque yarn of midlife crisis, romance and spirituality told by a Chinese immigrant banker residing in suburban New York, who nearly destroys his marriage and finds salvation in the words and deeds of President Calvin Coolidge.

References

↑ John Burnham Schwartz (1996-04-14). "So This Is America". Retrieved 2012-04-08.

External links

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Calvin Coolidge

30th President of the United States (1923–1929) 29th Vice President of the United States (1921–1923) 48th Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921) 46th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916-1919)

Life	Birth and family history Boyhood home and first inauguration site gravesite Calvin Coolidge House Early career and marriage Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Massachusetts Boston Police Strike (1919) Vice Presidency Retirement and death Presidential Library and Museum

Presidency	First inauguration Second inauguration Industry and trade Taxation (Revenue Act of 1924, Revenue Act of 1926, Revenue Act of 1928) Allegheny National Forest Civil rights (Indian Citizenship Act of 1924) Immigration Act of 1924 World War Adjusted Compensation Act (1924) Farm subsidies (McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill) Judiciary Act of 1925 Flood control (Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, Flood Control Act of 1928) State of the Union Addresses (1926 1927) "I do not choose to run" (1927) Brave Little State of Vermont speech (1928) Foreign policy (Banana Wars, United States occupation of Nicaragua (1912-1933), United States occupation of Haiti (1915-1934), United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916-1924), Washington Naval Treaty (1922), Kellogg–Briand Pact (1928)) Cabinet Judicial appointments

Elections	1920 Republican National Convention United States presidential election, 1920 1924 Republican National Convention United States presidential election, 1924

Books	The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (1929)

Public image	Sesquicentennial half dollar Depicted on U.S. postage stamps Coolidge effect SS President Coolidge

Family	Grace Coolidge (wife) John Coolidge (son) John Calvin Coolidge, Sr. (father) Calvin Galusha Coolidge (grandfather) Arthur Brown, Olympia Brown, Charles A. Coolidge (cousins) Marcus A. Coolidge, Arthur W. Coolidge, Martha Coolidge (distant relations) Edmund Rice (ancestor) Rob Roy (family dog)

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