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Truman

by McCullough, David

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0671456547
ISBN 13
9780671456542
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing of Truman by David McCullough, signed by the author.. Octavo, 1117pp. Blue hardcover, dark blue cloth spine, title in silver on spine. The first printing, with a full number line starting with "1" on copyright page. Previous ownership note on front free endpaper. In publisher's first state dust jacket, fine, with $30.00 on front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine example. This Pulitzer Prize-winning biography by author and historian David McCullough is part of a series of works that have helped to rehabilitate the legacy of President Harry Truman. Recent historians consider Truman's time in office as one of the most consequential in American history, often ranking him in the upper tier of Presidents.

Synopsis

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. - from the publisher

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Truman
Author
McCullough, David
Illustrator
First edition, first printing of Truman by David McCullough, signed by the author.
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition / First Printing
ISBN 10
0671456547
ISBN 13
9780671456542
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1992
Keywords
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