WHITE: A Puritan in Babylon (Library of the Presidents, No. 30) (Easton, 1986)

Description: TITLE: A Puritan in Babylon (Easton Library of the Presidents, No. 30) AUTHOR: White, William Allen AUTHOR 2 (if applicable): AUTHOR 3 (if applicable): ILLUSTRATOR (if applicable): n/a PUBLISHER: The Easton Press, Date: 1986 ISBN: N/A (pre-ISBN publication) FORMAT: Leatherbound, 460 pages EDITION: First Edition Thus PRINTING [if applicable]: 1st Printing BOOK CONDITION: Very Good JACKET CONDITION: No Jacket (As Issued) DIMENSIONS (if available): 9.75 x 6.75 x 2.875 in. KEYWORDS: President, United States, Easton Library, Calvin Coolidge, 30th President, America, 1800s, 19th Century, 1900, 20th Century, Biography, History, Government, Politics, Presidents, DESCRIPTION: From the Collector's Notes: It is a strange paradox of American politics that Calvin Coolidge was so beloved by a nation that rejected out of hand the values he stood for.An upstanding, puritan Yankee to his core, he was out of phase with the fast pace and hedonism of the Roaring Twenties, the age in which he ascended to the Presidency. Yet no modern politician has established greater rapport with the electorate he served. The American people sensed Coolidge's faith in them. They trusted him, believing that he would not mislead them or twist their hopes and dreams to his own ends. And they were right. Perhaps because "Silent Cal's" public statements were so infrequent and spare, Americans listened more carefully and remembered what he said. He rose to national attention as governor of Massachusetts. When he intervened in a Boston police strike, he reasoned: "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time." As President, he articulated the government's laissez-faire economic policy, "The business of America is business." He set a standard for public service, "Let men in public office substitute the light that comes from the midnight oil for the limelight," and for the announcement of political intent, "I do not choose to run for President in 1928." By then, Coolidge had been in the White House for over five years and had grown weary of the demands of office. In the wake of the scandals inherited from the Harding administration, it fell to him to restore integrity to the federal government. His was the responsibility for bringing in line a divided party and a fractious Congress, and for coping with pressing problems of foreign and domestic policy. For a shy, reserved New Englander who lacked the impelling drive to lead, it was extraordinarily difficult. In writing this penetrating, comprehensive study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Allen White gives new meaning to the word biography. For this is no mere chronology. It is a probing insight into a President in the context of his times. White does this superbly, describing the strange, turbulent decade between the end of World War I and the Great Depression. America was riding the crest of an economic boom. It was the jazz age and the age of "flaming youth," an era marked by rampant stock market speculation, reckless spending and freely countenanced violations of Prohibition. And, in the midst of it is the clean-cut figure of Coolidge, honest, modest, passionately devoted to economy and efficiency. The contrast is startling. White (1868-1944), known as the "Sage of Emporia," was a small-town Kansas newspaper editor who became the influential voice of Middle America. His editorials were read, reprinted and widely circulated, and his opinions counted in the halls of Congress, the Oval Office and State Houses throughout the country. A Puritan in Babylon is the consummation of his lifelong observation of the democratic system. It is, as the author says, "a study of American life as reflected in American business and American politics" - a gem for readers who would understand a vital chapter in our nation's history. The impressive format in which A Puritan of Babylon appears makes it a pleasure to read and a doubly important addition to The Library of the Presidents. Meticulously printed on fine paper, the volume boasts a rich genuine leather binding. The cover is deeply inlaid with a complementary motif, and the title is stamped on the spine in 22kt gold. ********** This Easton Library of the Presidents edition reprints White's biography of the 30th President, originally published in 1938 by the Macmillan Company. For convenience, I have numbered the volumes in the Library of the Presidents series based on the order of the Presidencies; numbers do not reflect the order in which the volumes were originally released. This copy is includes the Collector's Notes, and the used custom bookplate. CONDITION: Light shelf-wear to red leather covers, mainly on the top and bottom edges. Cover gilt looks okay. Some faint wear and mild foxing to the top and outside edge gilt; the interior of each volume appears clean and unmarked. Collector's Notes included, bookplate has been used but should be hackable or revisable. A solid VG copy. FROM THE BOOKSELLER: Thank you for visiting the Dactyl Books eBay Store! We are a virtual second-hand and antiquarian reseller of books specialising in History, Science, Literature, and Mystery & Detective Fiction, but we have a little bit of everything in our stocks! 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