Plain speaking: an oral biography of Harry S. Truman |
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User Review - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingA big seller in its day, the 1970's. The Truman revealed here is of course the man the former president wishes he had been, and overall the book suffers from lack of perspective on the real historical ... Read full review
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User Review - BruceCoulson - LibraryThingMiller freely admits that he didn't ask some questions, and that Harry may well have mis-remembered some incidents ("a privilege of old men"). But it's rare that we get an interview with someone who ... Read full review
Contents
Preface | 15 |
The Happiest Childhood | 43 |
Some Ancestors | 59 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Plain speaking: an oral biography of Harry S. Truman |
| Author | Merle Miller |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House Value Publishing, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0517466139, 9780517466131 |
| Length | 448 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / General Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State Presidents Presidents - United States Truman, Harry S United States United States - Politics and government - 1945-1953 |
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