Silent Cal's Almanack: The Homespun Wit and Wisdom of Vermont's Calvin Coolidge

A treasury of the wit and wisdom of Calvin Coolidge, America's surprisingly eloquent 30th President.

Silent Cal's Almanack includes:

* The ultimate distillation of Calvin Coolidge political wisdom.

* A selection of Silent Cal's key speeches.

* A thought-provoking original biographical essay.

* A fascinating and unique 50-page portfolio of Coolidge photos, editorial cartoons and campaign memorabilia.

* A Coolidge timeline.

* A Coolidge bibliography.

"He wrote simply, innocently, artlessly," H. L. Mencken once noted regarding Coolidge's prose, "He forgot all the literary affectations and set down his ideas exactly as they came into his head. The result was a bald, but strangely appealing piece of writing-a composition of almost Lincolnian austerity and beauty. The true Vermonter was in every line of it."

Supreme Court Justice David Souter recently wrote of Calvin Coolidge: "The simple beauty of his English prose exceeds anything I could say in praise of it."

About the author:

David Pietrusza, a contributing editor of The New York Sun, is the award-winning author of:

* 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Changed America Forever

* 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents (included among Kirkus Reviews Books of the Year 2007; a Selection of the History Book Club)

* 1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies (Library Journal [starred review]: "raises the bar." Booklist: "an outstanding re-examination." Kirkus: "colorful . . . lively")

* Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series (an Edgar Award Finalist; its audio version captured the AUDIOFILE Earphones Award)

* Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (a CASEY Award Winner; Seymour Medal Finalist; and NASSH Award Nominee).

Pietrusza's powerful historical story-telling has been compared to that of Doris Kearns Goodwin, Theodore S. White, and Gene Fowler.

An expert on the 1920s, Pietrusza is a member of the National Advisory Board of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation and has served on the Board of the Directors of the foundation.

He is also the author of The Roaring Twenties, an examination of the era for younger readers.

A respected commentator, Pietrusza has appeared on C-SPAN BookTV, C-SPAN American History TV, The History Channel, NPR, the Fox News Network, ESPN, WCBS-TV, and the Fox Sports Channel.

C-SPAN has selected Mr. Pietrusza's talk on "Silent Cal's Almanack' for inclusion in its online "C-SPAN Classroom" initiative for the nation's social studies teachers.