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  2. Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Other Voices, Other Rooms is a 1948 novel by Truman Capote. [1] It is written in the Southern Gothic style and is notable for its atmosphere of isolation and decadence. [2] Other Voices, Other Rooms is significant because it is both Capote's first published novel and semi-autobiographical.

  3. Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman

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    The book also includes previously unpublished writing by Truman on the 1945 Potsdam Conference, when Truman, Stalin and Churchill met to discuss the postwar world order. Truman writes about domestic politics as well, such as his early support and later disappointment with Adlai Stevenson 's 1952 presidential candidacy, and a terse apology to ...

  4. A Tree of Night and Other Stories - Wikipedia

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    A Tree of Night and Other Stories is a short story collection by the American author Truman Capote published in early 1949. The title story, "A Tree of Night", was first published in Harper’s Bazaar in October 1945.

  5. Windswept House: A Vatican Novel - Wikipedia

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    The book gives a depiction of high-ranking churchmen, taking oaths signed with their own blood, plotting to destroy the Church from within. It tells the story of an international organized attempt by these Vatican insiders and secular internationalists to force a pope of the Catholic Church to abdicate, so that a successor may be chosen that ...

  6. Harry S. Truman: A Life - Wikipedia

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    Robert H. Ferrell, a professor emeritus at Indiana University, was widely considered the preeminent authority on the history of the Truman administration. [2] [3] A prolific author who produced more than 60 books in his lifetime, Ferrell devoted particular attention to Truman, writing or editing more than a dozen books on his life and presidency, including the 1983 New York Times bestseller ...

  7. Donald Bain (writer) - Wikipedia

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    Some sources claim Bain is the author of most of the mystery novels attributed to Margaret Truman. While Bain initially denied this, [ 5 ] he wrote a column in the March 14, 2014 issue of Publishers Weekly and finally acknowledged writing "27 novels in the Margaret Truman Capital Crimes series (mostly bylined by Truman, my close collaborator ...

  8. Children on Their Birthdays (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "Children on Their Birthdays" is a short story by Truman Capote, published serially in the late 1940s and appearing in A Tree of Night and Other Stories in 1949; it is noted as one of his better quality early short stories. [1]

  9. Dear Bess - Wikipedia

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    Ferrell, a professor emeritus at Indiana University, was widely considered the preeminent authority on the history of the Truman administration. [3] [4] A prolific author who produced more than 60 books in his lifetime, Ferrell devoted particular attention to Truman, writing or editing more than a dozen books on his life and presidency, including the 1994 biography Harry S. Truman: A Life [5 ...