Man of the people : a life of Harry S. Truman

Author(s)

• Hamby, Alonzo L.

Bibliographic Information

Man of the people : a life of Harry S. Truman

Alonzo L. Hamby

（Oxford paperbacks）

Oxford University Press, 1998

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The author offers an account of what he believes is a distinctly American life, that of Harry S. Truman. He traces Truman's rise from marginal farmer in rural Missouri to shaper of the post-war world. Harry Truman, Hamby writes, was a flawed man - insecure, often petty and vindictive - yet one of the great presidents of the 20th century. But Americans cherish him less for what he did than for who he was: an ordinary person who worked his way up the political ladder to the summit of power.

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Details

• NCID: BA40836761
• ISBN:
  • 0195124979
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 760 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E814
  • DC20 : 973.918/092
  • DC20 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
  • LCSH : Presidents -- United States -- Biography
  • LCSH : United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00075182