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Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream

Author	John Derbyshire
Language	English
Genre	Fiction
Publisher	St. Martin's Press
Publication date	1996
Publication place	United States
Pages	273
ISBN	0-312-14044-4

Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream is a 1996 book by John Derbyshire.^[1] It was a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year".^[2]

Plot

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A Capraesque yarn of midlife crisis, romance and spirituality told by a Chinese immigrant banker residing in suburban New York, who nearly destroys his marriage and finds salvation in the words and deeds of President Calvin Coolidge.

References

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^ John Burnham Schwartz (1996-04-14). "So This Is America". Retrieved 2012-04-08.
^ "Notable Books of the Year 1996". The New York Times. 1996-12-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-27.

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