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Title	:	Truman
Author	:	David McCullough
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 1120 pages
Published	:	June 14th 1993 by Simon Schuster (first published June 15th 1992)
Categories	:	Biography. History. Politics. Presidents. Nonfiction. North American Hi.... American History

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America’s beloved and distinguished historian. 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, Truman’s 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 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.

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Original Title:	Truman
ISBN:	0671869205 (ISBN13: 9780671869205)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Harry S. Truman, Thomas E. Dewey
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1993), Francis Parkman Prize (1993), Lionel Gelber Prize (1992), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Biography/Autobiography (1992), National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (1992)

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Been quite an undertaking to read this huge book but who would have thought that a 992 page political biography could be so fascinating.Before starting this, all I knew about Harry Truman was that he was the president who took over from FDR at the end of WW2 and made the decision to use the atomic bomb. But if you google rankings of US presidents, he ranks very high (top 10)so I was intrigued to find out why that was.It is hard to think of a book that I have learnt more from - I now know how he



I finished Truman!! It took me a month, but at 992 pages of text and over 120 pages of notes I think I did well.This is another 5 star book from one of my favorite authors. It ranks up there with his book John Adams, and I can certainly understand why it received the Pulitzer Prize.The book covers an astonishing array of subjects, Truman's heritage and childhood, his work as a farmer, his shaky rise as a senator and vice president, his astonishing first days as president, the atom bomb, dealings

Epic in size and scope, I could do nothing less than give five stars to Truman, the man, the president, and the book. Like McCulloughs John Adams, the author has weaved together a biography like few others, utilizing mountains of papers both personal and political to re-create the life of a truly unique president. Beyond cradle-to-grave, Truman begins in frontier times when Kentucky was still the West, decades before the birth of Harrys father. Then it stretches past his life to unfold his

I see that Steve has recently given a marvellous, in-depth review of this splendid biography on Harry S. Trumans life that I purchased way back on 30 October 1992 (I always date my books for reference) and so I won't even attempt to write a review such as his but then I probably wouldn't have been capable of doing that anyway. This after all is American history.I had forgotten that I had this book but I had been browsing through another goodreads' authors books (I always do this if they "like"

Few presidents have made as many pivotal decisions or faced the number of history-changing events as Harry Truman -- the final five months of World War II, the Potsdam conference, the birth of atomic warfare, the post-war nationwide rail strike, the Marshall Plan, the partition of Palestine and the creation of Israel, the Czechoslovak coup d'etat, the Berlin Airlift, war in Korea and the relief of Douglas MacArthur, the formation of NATO, the reorganization of the U.S. defense establishment and

Sometimes I even laughed...... Cheers for the late bloomers in life!!! A man after my own heart!!!Harry's cousin said Harry was 'always' a late bloomer. He did everything a little later than his contemporaries. He didn't marry until he was 35...so, why would it be crazy to him to first arrive in Washington in his early 50's? "Harry is a fine man, intelligent, able, and has integrity. He doesn't know much about foreign affairs, but he's learning fast..." --Franklin D RooseveltThis book gets the