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Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-55652-777-7. about a 1953 vacation trip covered by the media; Burnes, Brian (2003). Harry S. Truman: His Life and Times. Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Star Books. ISBN 978-0-9740009-3-0. Dallek, Robert (2008). Harry S ...
Map of Truman's 1948 whistle-stop tour from 6 September to 5 November 1948. In the 19th century, when travel by railroad was the most common means of transport, politicians would charter tour trains which would travel from town to town.
The book provides a biography of Harry Truman in chronological fashion from his birth to his rise to U.S. Senator, Vice President, and President.It follows his activities until death, exploring many of the major decisions he made as president, including his decision to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his meetings and confrontation with Joseph Stalin during the end of World War II ...
Truman reportedly drove this 1955 New Yorker on a 19-day road trip after leaving office. The trip was supposed to be low-key but turned into such a story that it became the subject of an entire ...
In November 1947, Democratic political strategist James H. Rowe wrote a memo titled "The Politics of 1948", highlighting the challenges and the road map for Truman's campaign. [28] Clifford edited and presented the forty-three page confidential memo to Truman, [ 29 ] [ 28 ] which stated: "The Democratic Party is an unhappy alliance of Southern ...
EXCLUSIVE: Indie studio wiip has optioned the rights to New York Times bestselling author A.J. Baimes' book The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World for ...
Harry Truman's ascension to the presidency after Franklin Roosevelt's death was a rocky one, and it came at a pivotal time in the nation's history. Once a senator who complained that the 32nd ...
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.Serving as vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.