The Man Who Knew Coolidge

The Man Who Knew Coolidge
First edition cover, with jacket, 1928.
AuthorSinclair Lewis
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarcourt Brace (US)
Jonathan Cape (UK)
Publication date
April 5, 1928[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardcover
Pages275
Preceded byElmer Gantry 
Followed byDodsworth 

The Man Who Knew Coolidge is a 1928 satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis. It features the return of several characters from Lewis' previous works, including George Babbitt and Elmer Gantry. Additionally, it sees a return to the familiar territory of Lewis' fictional American city of Zenith, in the state of Winnemac. Presented as six long, uninterrupted monologues by Lowell Schmaltz, a travelling salesman in office supplies, the eponymous first section was originally published in The American Mercury in 1927.[2]

  1. ^ Schorer, Mark. Sinclair Lewis: An American Life. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1961, p. 500
  2. ^ Schorer, Mark. Sinclair Lewis: An American Life. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1961, p. 490