Truman

English

ISBN: 0671869205

EAN: 9780671869205

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads Of State

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Release Date: 06/30/1993

Synopsis: The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters -- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, and Dean Acheson -- and dramatic events. In this riveting biography, acclaimed historian David McCullough not only captures the man -- a more complex, informed, and determined man than ever before imagined -- but also the turbulent times in which he rose, boldly, to meet unprecedented challenges. The last president to serve as a living link between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, Trumans story spans the raw world of the Missouri frontier, World War I, the powerful Pendergast machine of Kansas City, the legendary Whistle-Stop Campaign of 1948, and the decisions to drop the atomic bomb, confront Stalin at Potsdam, send troops to Korea, and fire General MacArthur. Drawing on newly discovered archival material and extensive interviews with Trumans own family, friends, and Washington colleagues, McCullough tells the deeply moving story of the seemingly ordinary man from Missouri who was perhaps the most courageous president in our history.

Awards: American Library Association Notable Books – null  Francis Parkman Prize – null  Lionel Gelber Prize – null  National Book Awards – null  Pulitzer Prize – null 

Truman

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 2.0 inches

Width: 6.13 inches

Length: 9.13 inches

Weight: 50.97 oz

Pages: 1120