The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes coolidge books edited by Coolidge biographer Amity

edited by Coolidge biographer Amity Shlaes and authorized by the Coolidge family

His childhood was bounded by the mountains that isolated Plymouth Notch and by the stern precepts of his pioneer ancestors - thrift

Coolidge told Americans: “Men do not make laws

one of the nation's most-respected economic commentators

Shlaes and ­coeditor ­Matthew Denhart draw out the lessons from Coolidge’s life and career in an enlightening introduction and annotations to Coolidge’s text

The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes coolidge books edited by Coolidge biographer AmityIt's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression. Only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand how the nation endured. These are the people at the heart of Amity Shlaes's insightful and inspiring history of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. In The Forgotten Man, Miss Shlaes, one of the nation's most respected economic commentators, offers a striking