Amity Shlaes

And then when he goes down to college at Amherst, Massachusetts, well, he's going to learn about the big world, but also do some work on all our behalf. And one thing, if you ever read Coolidge's letters to his father, which I entirely recommend, the book is called Your Son, Calvin Coolidge. They're preserved in that book.

And then when he goes down to college at Amherst, Massachusetts, well, he's going to learn about the big world, but also do some work on all our behalf. And one thing, if you ever read Coolidge's letters to his father, which I entirely recommend, the book is called Your Son, Calvin Coolidge. They're preserved in that book.

Coolidge, even well into manhood, would write his father, my wife needs a coat or I need money. And when I first read that, I thought, what a whiner. What a young man. Then I realized his family saw him as their emissary or missionary or ambassador. You can pick your... Your term and father hadn't gone down to Massachusetts and tried to set up a law practice, but he was proud of Calvin.

Coolidge, even well into manhood, would write his father, my wife needs a coat or I need money. And when I first read that, I thought, what a whiner. What a young man. Then I realized his family saw him as their emissary or missionary or ambassador. You can pick your... Your term and father hadn't gone down to Massachusetts and tried to set up a law practice, but he was proud of Calvin.

Coolidge, even well into manhood, would write his father, my wife needs a coat or I need money. And when I first read that, I thought, what a whiner. What a young man. Then I realized his family saw him as their emissary or missionary or ambassador. You can pick your... Your term and father hadn't gone down to Massachusetts and tried to set up a law practice, but he was proud of Calvin.

And they were one unit, his father and he. It was one of those families that the communication between father and son was constant, like a wire, an invisible wire. You could feel very close. And of course, Coolidge eventually earned enough money that he didn't have to ask for anymore. But they all knew that politics were a financial sacrifice and the family were

And they were one unit, his father and he. It was one of those families that the communication between father and son was constant, like a wire, an invisible wire. You could feel very close. And of course, Coolidge eventually earned enough money that he didn't have to ask for anymore. But they all knew that politics were a financial sacrifice and the family were

And they were one unit, his father and he. It was one of those families that the communication between father and son was constant, like a wire, an invisible wire. You could feel very close. And of course, Coolidge eventually earned enough money that he didn't have to ask for anymore. But they all knew that politics were a financial sacrifice and the family were

willing to support that well into Coolidge's manhood. So I think Coolidge did think he stood for some ideals, which his family prized, and that he would do his very best at any stage to represent those ideals.

willing to support that well into Coolidge's manhood. So I think Coolidge did think he stood for some ideals, which his family prized, and that he would do his very best at any stage to represent those ideals.

willing to support that well into Coolidge's manhood. So I think Coolidge did think he stood for some ideals, which his family prized, and that he would do his very best at any stage to represent those ideals.

It didn't change much either throughout the long course of his career, because he, after graduating from Amherst, he read law, he learned the law by reading and clerking, and then he pretty quickly went into ward politics in Northampton, Massachusetts, the county seat, and went

It didn't change much either throughout the long course of his career, because he, after graduating from Amherst, he read law, he learned the law by reading and clerking, and then he pretty quickly went into ward politics in Northampton, Massachusetts, the county seat, and went

It didn't change much either throughout the long course of his career, because he, after graduating from Amherst, he read law, he learned the law by reading and clerking, and then he pretty quickly went into ward politics in Northampton, Massachusetts, the county seat, and went

All the way up, mayor, state rep, to eventually governor, always working in politics and always with his father behind him. At some point, he even starts to tell his father how politics works. You know, that flip father-son. And that's always enjoyable. He told his father, it's better to kill a bad law than pass a good one.

All the way up, mayor, state rep, to eventually governor, always working in politics and always with his father behind him. At some point, he even starts to tell his father how politics works. You know, that flip father-son. And that's always enjoyable. He told his father, it's better to kill a bad law than pass a good one.

All the way up, mayor, state rep, to eventually governor, always working in politics and always with his father behind him. At some point, he even starts to tell his father how politics works. You know, that flip father-son. And that's always enjoyable. He told his father, it's better to kill a bad law than pass a good one.

When his father happened to be going up to Montpelier, capital of Vermont, as a lawmaker later in life.

When his father happened to be going up to Montpelier, capital of Vermont, as a lawmaker later in life.

When his father happened to be going up to Montpelier, capital of Vermont, as a lawmaker later in life.