Mr. Robert Sandler shares that he had Amity Shlaes, the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, and a biography of Calvin Coolidge come speak with his AP US History classes before the break. National Review called the Forgotten Man “the finest history of the Great Depression ever written.” The Economist wrote of Coolidge that the book “deserves to be widely read” and made it an editor’s choice for 2013. Shlaes also chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, a national foundation based at the birthplace of President Coolidge. She presented the class with an revisionist perspective on Coolidge's presidency and the 1920s. The students thoroughly enjoyed attending the talk and having a conversation afterwards with a conservative intellectual! A bit of trivia,, her son Eli went to Stuy over 10 years ago and was taught by Mr. Sandler! (photos courtesy of Mr. Sandler)
