A Puritan in Babylon: The Story of Calvin Coolidge (1938) by William Allen White is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography that examines the life and presidency of Calvin Coolidge, the famously reserved 30th U.S. president who presided over the booming economy of the 1920s. White, a prominent journalist and contemporary of Coolidge, paints a nuanced portrait of the man behind the “Silent Cal” persona—his New England Puritan values, political shrewdness, and paradoxical leadership during an era of excess and looming crisis. The book explores Coolidge’s rise from small-town Vermont to the White House, his laissez-faire economic policies, and his enigmatic departure from power just before the Great Depression.
The Easton Press edition presents this classic work as a finely crafted collector’s volume, bound in premium leather with gilt accents, archival-quality paper, and satin ribbon markers—elevating White’s insightful narrative into a timeless keepsake for history enthusiasts.
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