Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream

Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream

Author	John Derbyshire
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fiction
Publisher	St. Martin's Press
Publication date	1996
Pages	273
ISBN	0-312-14044-4

Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream is a 1996 book by John Derbyshire.^[1] It was a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year".^[2]

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.
↑ "Notable Books of the Year 1996". The New York Times. 1996-12-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-27.

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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)
Life	Early life 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 (timeline)	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 Clarke–McNary Act Oil Pollution Act of 1924 World War Adjusted Compensation Act (1924) Opposition to farm subsidies (McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill) Judiciary Act of 1925 Federal Corrupt Practices Act Amendments 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) Radio Act of 1927 Federal Radio Commission Equal-time rule McFadden Act (1927) Brave Little State of Vermont speech (1928) McSweeney-McNary Act of 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) Presidential transition of Herbert Hoover Cabinet Judicial appointments Harlan F. Stone Supreme Court nomination
Elections	1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1920 Republican National Convention 1920 United States presidential election 1924 Republican National Convention 1924 United States presidential election
Books	The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (1929)
Public image	Things named after Coolidge Sesquicentennial half dollar U.S. postage stamps Coolidge effect SS President Coolidge Backstairs at the White House (1979 miniseries)
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, Carlos Coolidge (distant relations) Edmund Rice (ancestor) Rob Roy (family dog) Rebecca (pet raccoon)
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