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| Author | John Derbyshire |
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| 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]
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.
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