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Truman /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, c1992.Description: 1117 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0671456547
  • 9780671456542
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.918/092 B 20
LOC classification:
  • E814 .M26 1992
Other classification:
  • 15.85
Online resources:
Contents:
Son of the middle border: Blue River country -- Model boy -- Way of the farmer -- Soldier -- Politician: Try, try again -- Senator from Pendergast -- Patriot -- Numbered days -- To the best of my ability: Moon, the stars, and all the planets -- Summer of decision -- Mr. President: Buck stops here -- Turning point -- Heat in the kitchen -- Fighting chance -- Weight of the world: Iron man -- Commander in chief -- Final days -- Back home: Citizen Truman.
Awards:
  • Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 1993.
Summary: Drawing on newly discovered archival material and extensive interviews with Truman's 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
BIOG BIOG Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction B TRU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E814 .M26 1992 1 Available 34517000121791

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1058-1082) and index.

Son of the middle border: Blue River country -- Model boy -- Way of the farmer -- Soldier -- Politician: Try, try again -- Senator from Pendergast -- Patriot -- Numbered days -- To the best of my ability: Moon, the stars, and all the planets -- Summer of decision -- Mr. President: Buck stops here -- Turning point -- Heat in the kitchen -- Fighting chance -- Weight of the world: Iron man -- Commander in chief -- Final days -- Back home: Citizen Truman.

Drawing on newly discovered archival material and extensive interviews with Truman's 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.

Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 1993.

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