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- Edition:
- Unabridged (Blackstone Audiobooks)
- Length:
- 20 hours, 48 minutes
- File Size:
- 572 MB (391 files)
- Published:
- February 1997
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Summary
Few U.S. presidents have captured the imagination of the American people as has Harry S. Truman, "the man from Missouri." In this major new biography, Robert h. Ferrell, widely regarded as an authority on the thirty-third president, challenges the popular characterization of Truman as a man who rarely sought the offices he received, revealing instead a man who-with modesty, commitment to service, and basic honesty-moved with method and system toward the presidency.
No other historian has ever demonstrated such command over the vast amounts of material that Robert Ferrell brings to bear on the unforgettable story of truman's life. Based upon years of research in the Truman Library and the study of many never-before-used primary sources, Harry S. Truman: A Life is destined to become the authoritative account of the nation's favorite president.
No other historian has ever demonstrated such command over the vast amounts of material that Robert Ferrell brings to bear on the unforgettable story of truman's life. Based upon years of research in the Truman Library and the study of many never-before-used primary sources, Harry S. Truman: A Life is destined to become the authoritative account of the nation's favorite president.
Quotes from the Critics
"The Truman revival received a big boost in 1992 with the publication of David McCullough's bestselling biography, Truman....It is unfortunate that Robert Ferrell's thoughtful and well-researched biography follows so closely on the heels of McCullough's book. Ferrell, a distinguished historian at Indiana University, has spent most of his long professional career studying America's thirty-third president....Ferrell's Truman is more ambitious and possesses a few more warts than McCullough's, but he and McCullough agree that the former president was, in Ferrell's words, 'the right man for his time'." - Times Literary Supplement
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