The Tormented President: Calvin Coolidge, Death, and Clinical Depression

by Robert E. Gilbert

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275979318
• ISBN13: 9780275979317
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.4"