Where was Calvin Coolidge born?
Mr. SOBEL: Plymouth Notch in Vermont, near the… LAMB: You ever been there? Mr. SOBEL: Yes, I was there just a few days ago. LAMB: What’s there? Mr. SOBEL: There’s a house, a church, a store, a–a cheese factory and a visitors center, which, of course, came later. LAMB: How long did he live there? Mr. SOBEL: He lived there until he was in his early teens, then he went away to school, Black River Academy. LAMB: What did his father do? Mr. SOBEL: His father was the pr–typical big fish in a little pond. He owned a store for a while before he sold it to his brother-in-law. He was a official in town, a justice of the peace, sheriff. He went to the state Legislature for a while. He speculated land. Calvin Coolidge always said that he was never half the man his father was. He admired his father greatly. LAMB: In your book, you have a lot of correspondence between Calvin Coolidge and his father. How often did he write him, and what kinda things did he say to his father that he wouldn’t say t
