• Biography - Part 1

  • Jun 15 2021
  • Length: 40 mins
  • Podcast
  • Summary

  • This is the first of a three-part series exploring the life of Calvin Coolidge. How did Coolidge go from a boy on a rural Vermont farm to the highest office in the land? We'll explore how—and why—in this series. This episode takes us from Coolidge's birth in Plymouth Notch, Vermont to his successful handling of a crisis as the Governor of Massachusetts. At the end, host Governor Jim Douglas speaks with special guest Craig Fehrman, author of Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote. Fehrman and Douglas discuss how Coolidge’s upbringing shaped one of his most important skills as a leader: writing.

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