{"product_id":"the-tao-according-to-calvin-charles-rammelkamp-9781639807963","title":"The Tao According to Calvin Coolidge","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn fittingly understated language in a series of persona poems, Charles Rammelkamp tells the story of \"Silent Cal\" Calvin Coolidge. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tao of Calvin Coolidge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eadheres to Wordsworth's stricture that poetry should be composed in the language of regular people. In doing so, Rammelkamp allows Coolidge the full measure of dignity that the man, and president, always strove for. This is a quietly eloquent tribute told from various points of view, so that we see him in full. The portrait depicts a man vibrantly alive, who heroically did not toot his own horn, as so many in power love to do. Walk with Calvin Coolidge, the man, the president, the loving father and husband. You'll enjoy the stroll.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Cooperman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Colorado Gold Fever Mountains, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e winner, The Colorado Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Charles Rammelkamp's bold new collection, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tao According to Calvin Coolidge, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e a minor American president takes center stage; his life is given the poetic charge of reclamation. Salient episodes from youth to old age are rendered - beyond the crucial biographical details - with a true depth of feeling, as in \"The Locket,\" where the young Calvin, grieving his mother's untimely death, \"took some of her hair, kept it in a locket, \/ shut up tight with [his] sadness.\" Or when, as in the short poem \"The Tao According to Cal,\" an older Calvin wonders \"How can words ever spell out grief?,\" the sort of unanswerable question readers will recognize from their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Ballard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePossible Lives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere It Hurts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his iconic style, Charles Rammelkamp fleshes out the character of Calvin Coolidge with a dash of Taoist wisdom. \"Those who know do not talk,\" we read of the often silent Coolidge. This masterful collection is a true yin and yang of love and loss, hope and heartbreak.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Montag\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinding the Way: A Tao for Down-to-Earth People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eJenny, 52\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Rammelkamp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639807969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639807963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Charles Rammelkamp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437531738367,"sku":"9781639807963","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8b82d73-a078-4718-b44a-c41fb47db4d1.jpg?v=1777162455","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tao-according-to-calvin-charles-rammelkamp-9781639807963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}