- American politics, Presidentes, Biographies, Presidents
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.
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Earnest, classical in form, epic and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- David McCullough
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 1117
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Limited, Simon & Schuster Audio, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780743508063
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“In the spring of 1841, when John Tyler was President, a Kentucky farmer named Solomon Young and his red-haired wife, Harriet Louisa Young, packed their belongings and with two small children started for the Far West.”
David Gaub McCullough has been widely acclaimed as a “master of the art of narrative history.” He is twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, twice winner of the National Book Award, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.
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