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1) Mr. Citizen
Author
Publisher
Popular library
Pub. Date
[1961]
Physical Desc
238 p. ; 18 cm
Language
English
5) Truman
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Saving Freedom, Joe Scarborough recounts the historic forces that moved Truman toward his country's long twilight struggle against Soviet communism, and how this untested president acted decisively to build a lasting coalition that would influence America's foreign policy for generations to come. On March 12, 1947, Truman delivered an address before a joint session of Congress announcing a policy of containment that would soon become known as...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
262 pages : maps, illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman did something no other former president has done before, or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. Just Harry and Bess, off to visit old friends, take in a Broadway play, celebrate their wedding anniversary in the Big Apple. Hopefully incognito.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Pub. Corp.; distributed by Putnam
Pub. Date
1974
Physical Desc
448 p. ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Plain Speaking is the bestselling book based on conversations between Merle Miller and the thirty-third President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. From these interviews, as well as others who knew him over the years, Miller transcribes Truman's feisty takes on everything from his personal life, military service, and political career to the challenges he faced in taking the office during the final days of World War II and the beginning of the...
10) Harry S. Truman
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1963]
Physical Desc
223 p. ; 21 cm
Language
English
12) Bess W. Truman
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1986
Physical Desc
445 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
402 p. ; cm.
Language
English
Description
On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed First Lightning, exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. The startling event was not simply a technical experiment that confirmed the ability of the Soviet Union to build nuclear bombs during a period when the United States held a steadfast monopoly; it was also an international event that marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the two superpowers.
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15) Harry S. Truman
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
19) Harry Truman
Author
Publisher
Abelard-Schuman
Pub. Date
[1973], c1972
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the farm boy from Missouri who became a Senator, Vice-President, and finally President of the United States
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