Project Gutenberg 2025-08-08 Public domain in the USA. 273 Coolidge, Calvin 1872 1933 United States President (1923-1929) Coolidge, John Calvin 29024633 The autobiography of Calvin Coolidge $aNew York :$bCosmopolitan Book Corporation, $c1929. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_Calvin_Coolidge Scenes of my childhood -- Seeking an education -- The law and politics -- In national politics -- On entering and leaving the presidency -- Some of the duties of the president -- Why I did not choose to run. Sean/AB, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The autobiography of Calvin Coolidge" by Calvin Coolidge is an autobiography written in the early 20th century. It charts Coolidge’s journey from a rural Vermont upbringing through schooling, the law, and Massachusetts politics to the presidency, reflecting on character, public duty, and constitutional principles. Readers can expect a restrained, plainspoken account focused on work, self-discipline, and the practical mechanics of government. The opening of this memoir depicts Coolidge’s Vermont roots: the geography of Plymouth Notch, his Puritan forebears, a childhood over a country store, and a father skilled in trade, farming, and local law enforcement. He recalls a tight-knit, frugal community, early lessons from town meetings and courts, seasonal farm labor, and simple recreations, alongside the formative loss of his mother (and later his sister). Schooling progresses from a district school to Black River Academy, where civics and classical studies take hold, and then to Amherst College, where history, mathematics, and especially Professor Garman’s philosophy shape his ethics—truth, duty, work, and service. After graduation he reads law in Northampton, is admitted to the bar, builds a practical practice, and enters local politics as councilman and city solicitor. He marries Grace Goodhue, starts a modest household and family, wins election to the Massachusetts House, and then becomes mayor of Northampton. By the end of this opening section he has moved into the state senate, begun to influence major committees, and is on the cusp of broader leadership. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofc0000calv/page/n7/mode/2up 20250520091424coolidge 1929 US Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Presidents -- United States -- Biography Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 E740 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: Politics 310968 2025-09-30T08:36:27.968171 text/html 283897 2025-08-08T09:04:20 text/html 3233140 2025-09-30T08:36:33.864197 application/epub+zip 3232524 2025-09-30T08:36:29.269200 application/epub+zip 206525 2025-09-30T08:36:28.482176 application/epub+zip 3648377 2025-09-30T08:36:37.299170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3608561 2025-09-30T08:36:32.742230 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278442 2025-09-30T08:36:27.432229 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 258490 2025-08-08T09:04:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17212 2025-09-30T08:36:37.475140 application/rdf+xml 16307 2025-09-30T08:36:28.608170 image/jpeg 1924 2025-09-30T08:36:28.547172 image/jpeg 3204190 2025-09-30T08:36:28.056186 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia