The tormented president Calvin Coolidge, death, and clinical depression
Title:
The tormented president Calvin Coolidge, death, and clinical depression
Author:
Gilbert, Robert E.
ISBN:
9780313051845
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 288 p., [13] p. of plates) : ill.
Series:
Contributions in American history, no. 197
Contributions in American history ; no. 197.
Contents:
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 In the Beginning; 2 Career and Family; 3 From Common Council to Corner Office; 4 On the National Scene; 5 "They're Taking Our Boy Away"; Photographic; 6 The Aftermath; 7 The End Game; 8 Grief and Depression; Bibliographic Essay; Index.
Abstract:
Although Calvin Coolidge is widely judged to have been a weak and even an incompetent president, this study concludes that he was a leader disabled by a crippling emotional breakdown. After an impressive early career, Coolidge assumed the presidency upon the death of Warren Harding. His promising political career suffered a major blow, however, with the death of his favorite child, 16-year-old Calvin Jr., in July 1924. Overwhelmed with grief, Coolidge showed distinct signs of clinical depression. Losing interest in politics, he served out his term as a broken man. This is the first account of.
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