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Truman
- Title
- Truman / David McCullough.
- Author
- McCullough, David G.
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [1992].
- Supplementary Content
- Contributor biographical information
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR E814 .M26 1992 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
Details
- Description
- 1117 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 1058-1082) and index.
- Awards (note)
- Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 1993.
- 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.
- Call Number
- E814
- ISBN
- 9780671869205 (pbk.)
- 0671869205 (pbk.)
- 0671456547 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 25411163
- 857144469
- Author
- McCullough, David G.
- Title
- Truman / David McCullough.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [1992].
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 1058-1082) and index.
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 1993.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR E814 .M26 1992