Plain Speaking
an Oral Biography of Harry S Truman
by Merle Miller

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• Publisher: Berkley
• Author: Merle Miller
• Release date: September 1, 1974
• Language: english
• Genres: biography, history, politics, presidents, memoir, historical
• Format: paperback, 480 pages
• ISBN: 9780425026649 (0425026647)

About The Book

The Washington columnist Mary McGrory once wrote, ” Since Harry Truman left town almost nobody has spoken his mind. Mr. Truman took the tradition of plain speaking back to Missouri with him.”

Fortunately for history, Merle Miller followed. In the early 1960s, as preparation for a ill-fated series of television series, Miller talked in complete frankness with the former president for hundreds of hours over several months. He also interviewed many people who had been close to Truman from his childhood in Independence, Missouri through his years in Washington. While the television programs never materialized, the book Miller composed from his unprecedented conversations offers an intimate and riveting portrait of one of America’s most remarkable presidents, illuminating Truman’s early political career and surprising path to the White House, as well as the critical events and momentous decisions that shaped his years in power. The subject’s candid comments on the characters of Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and others add a feisty edge to the reflections and opinions that enliven this rich, revealing book. All in all, this is a rare, human, and often very funny evocation of the life and times of an American president.

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