Harry S. Truman by Margaret Truman Hardcover Book w/ Dust Jacket 28 pages Photos

Description: You are viewing Harry S. Truman by Margaret Truman - a hardcover book with dust jacket, ISBN 0-688-00005-3, Copyright 1972. Has 28 pages of photographs. Book and pages are in excellent condition but edges of dust jacket show wear from age / storage. This unique portrait of a President by his daughter covers the full sweep of Harry S. Truman's life: from his early days and political career in Missouri through the momentous years in Washington where he served as a United States Senator, Vice President and President. It concludes with his retirement to Independence and the joys of being a grandfather of four boys. No brief summary, however, can adequately indicate the scope of this major American biography. It provides a rare inside view of the Presidency during a crucial period in the nation's history, a time when Harry Truman had to deal with some of the most awesome and far-reaching problems any President has faced. There was the sudden assumption of the Presidency itself during wartime, the negotiations with Stalin, the decision to drop the atomic bomb, the Marshall Plan that rescued Europe, the Berlin Blockade, the Korean War, the dismissal of America's revered military leader, General MacArthur. And one of the most dramatic events described in the book is the 1948 presidential campaign, when the man from Independence did what all the polls reported was impossible. He won the Presidency, an outcome that he never doubted. "Now the whole country knew," writes Margaret Truman, "what we had always known. Harry S. Truman was no 'accidental President.' From the moment he took that original oath of office, he was the President of the United States." Harry S. Truman was also a family man in the very best sense of those words. The most important people in his life were his wife, his daughter, his mother and his sister. Frequently, when the President was separated from them or had to remain alone in the "Big White Jail," as he called the White House, he would write to his family. These letters were composed in the pungent Truman style and contain fascinating descriptions of great events as they were happening and world leaders as Mr. Truman saw them. The President also kept private memoranda which he wrote for his own information when he sensed that important events were taking place. Many of these letters and memoranda are drawn upon or published for the first time in Harry S Truman. They provide some startling revelations, including one electrifying letter the President wrote his daughter telling her he expected that Russia and America might soon be at war. Finally there are personal recollections from many people who knew the President and. mot important, Margaret Truman's own vivid reminiscences of her father. It is these latter recollections that make this book unique. For Margaret Truman provides a warm and moving portrait of the man who happened to be both her father and President of the United States. Check out my other listings for many various books, games, glassware, household and collectible items. I will gladly combine orders to save you on shipping. Send me a message for a combined shipping quote, and if you purchase more than one item, wait for me to send you an invoice This allows me to give you the shipping discount and gives you an easy way to make a single payment for multiple items. All of my items are very clean and are from a smoke free and pet free home.

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