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Truman

by McCullough, David

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  • Signed
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ISBN 10
0671456547
ISBN 13
9780671456542
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wendell Minor (Cover Illustration). A signed, unread seventh printing of David McCullough's massive biography of the "most American of Presidents." Bright blue papered boards with "Truman" stamped to the front cover. Quarter bound in dark blue cloth with silver titling to the spine. Includes more than 90 b&w photos on plates in three sections. Bibliography and Index. Fine. Very minor shelf wear and a bit of waviness to the first leaves. Otherwise square tight and, excepting the autograph, unmarked. The dust jacket has been price clipped. Remains a wonderful, giftable copy. An additional postage charge will likely be needed to ship this thick, heavy book.

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
Pulp & Circumstance CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
000769
Title
Truman
Author
McCullough, David
Illustrator
Wendell Minor (Cover Illustration)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0671456547
ISBN 13
9780671456542
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1992
Pages
1117
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords
Presidents & Heads of State, 20th Century
Bookseller catalogs
Biography & Autobiography; History; Signed;
X weight
0 lbs

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Shelf Wear
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