Harry S. Truman, Robert H. Ferrell
Harry S. Truman, Robert H. Ferrell
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Harry S. Truman
A Life

Author: Robert H. Ferrell

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 21 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/1990

Synopsis

Few US presidents have captured the imagination of the American people as has Harry S. Truman. In this 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 on 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.

About Robert H. Ferrell

Robert H. Ferrell is professor emeritus of history at Indiana University in Bloomington. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Five Days in October: The Lost Battalion of World War I, Collapse at Meuse-Argonne: The Failure of the Missouri-Kansas Division, and Meuse-Argonne Diary: A Division Commander in World War I. He resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

About Jeff Riggenbach

Jeff Riggenbach (1947-2021) narrated numerous titles for Blackstone Audio and won an AudioFile Earphones Award. An author, contributing editor, and producer, he worked in radio in San Francisco for more than thirty years, earning a Golden Mike Award for journalistic excellence.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pete on March 27, 2016

This is a short, concise book on the public life of Harry S. Truman. I have read many books on Truman, so found this one pretty thin reading, but then, it was obviously not intended to be a full-blown biography. If you are really interested in Truman Biographies, I recommend "Harry S. Truman" by his......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on May 15, 2017

excellent biography; very good prospective on Truman' place in history......more

Goodreads review by Jay on December 29, 2021

A quick and fairly unbiased short biography about Harry Truman that is perfect for an individual daunted by longer, in depth, works or for a person that only wants to lightly touch on the subject.......more

Goodreads review by Jessi on April 20, 2008

I read this for the class that I'm TA-ing. Truman's presidency was a very compelling story, but I didn't think this biography was written in a way that truly brought that story out.......more

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