Huge, ambitious, and perfectly realized, Truman is an American masterpiece about the most American of Americans, a man who confounded the nation and the world by achieving a greatness all his own after coming to the presidency in FDR's giant shadow. An extraordinary and deeply moving biography, at once spare in its style yet rich in emotion and in detail. 48 pages of photographs.
Huge, ambitious, and perfectly realized, Truman is an American masterpiece about the most American of Americans, a man who confounded the nation and the world by achieving a greatness all his own after coming to the presidency in FDR's giant shadow. An extraordinary and deeply moving biography, at once spare in its style yet rich in emotion and in detail. 48 pages of photographs.
David McCullough (1933–2022) twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The American Spirit, The Wright Brothers, and The Pioneers . He was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. Visit DavidMcCullough.com.
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CONTENTS Part One -- SON OF THE MIDDLE BORDER 1. Blue River Country 2. Model Boy 3. The Way of the Farmer 4. Soldier Part Two -- POLITICIAN 5. Try, Try Again 6. The Senator from Pendergast 7. Patriot 8. Numbered Days Part Three -- TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY 9. The Moon, the Stars, and All the Planets 10. Summer of Decision Part Four -- MR. PRESIDENT 11. The Buck Stops Here 12. Turning Point 13. The Heat in the Kitchen 14. Fighting Chance Part Five -- WEIGHT OF THE WORLD 15. Iron Man 16. Commander in Chief 17. Final Days Part Six -- BACK HOME 18. Citizen Truman ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SOURCE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
CONTENTS Part One -- SON OF THE MIDDLE BORDER 1. Blue River Country 2. Model Boy 3. The Way of the Farmer 4. Soldier Part Two -- POLITICIAN 5. Try, Try Again 6. The Senator from Pendergast 7. Patriot 8. Numbered Days Part Three -- TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY 9. The Moon, the Stars, and All the Planets 10. Summer of Decision Part Four -- MR. PRESIDENT 11. The Buck Stops Here 12. Turning Point 13. The Heat in the Kitchen 14. Fighting Chance Part Five -- WEIGHT OF THE WORLD 15. Iron Man 16. Commander in Chief 17. Final Days Part Six -- BACK HOME 18. Citizen Truman ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SOURCE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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