Off the record: The private papers of Harry S. Truman - Hardcover

Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060112816 ISBN 13: 9780060112813

Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, 1980

Synopsis

Hardcover with dustjacket.

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Review

"This delightful book, composed of portions of Truman's diaries, letters and other private memoranda hitherto buried in the Truman Library, sharpens the portrait already imprinted in the mind's eye of his world and achievements."--"New Leader"

"Gathered for the first time, Truman's private papers--diaries, letters, and memoranda--cover the period from his occupancy of the White House in 1945 to shortly before his death in 1972. Students and scholars will find valuable material on major events of the Truman years, from the Potsdam Conference to the Korean War." --"Publishers Weekly"

"Truman's private papers' include affectionate, humorous family correspondence, testy letters never sent, an off-and-on diary, and numerous complaints about the restrictions imposed by life in the great white prison."--"Atlantic"

"Gathered for the first time, Truman's private papers--diaries, letters, and memoranda--cover the period from his occupancy of the White House in 1945 to shortly before his death in 1972. Students and scholars will find valuable material on major events of the Truman years, from the Potsdam Conference to the Korean War." --"Publishers Weekly"

"This delightful book, composed of portions of Truman's diaries, letters and other private memoranda hitherto buried in the Truman Library, sharpens the portrait already imprinted in the mind's eye of his world and achievements."--"New Leader"

"Truman's private papers' include affectionate, humorous family correspondence, testy letters never sent, an off-and-on diary, and numerous complaints about the restrictions imposed by life in the great white prison."--Atlantic

"Gathered for the first time, Truman's private papers--diaries, letters, and memoranda--cover the period from his occupancy of the White House in 1945 to shortly before his death in 1972. Students and scholars will find valuable material on major events of the Truman years, from the Potsdam Conference to the Korean War." --Publishers Weekly

"This delightful book, composed of portions of Truman's diaries, letters and other private memoranda hitherto buried in the Truman Library, sharpens the portrait already imprinted in the mind's eye of his world and achievements."--New Leader

-Truman's private papers' include affectionate, humorous family correspondence, testy letters never sent, an off-and-on diary, and numerous complaints about the restrictions imposed by life in the great white prison.---Atlantic

-Gathered for the first time, Truman's private papers--diaries, letters, and memoranda--cover the period from his occupancy of the White House in 1945 to shortly before his death in 1972. Students and scholars will find valuable material on major events of the Truman years, from the Potsdam Conference to the Korean War.- --Publishers Weekly

From the Back Cover

This book contains the private papers of Harry S. Truman, in and out of the White House, beginning in 1945 and ending in November 1971, when only a few months of life remained and the retired president's days had become so constricted that he ran out of things to write about. The Truman diary is frank, rambunctious, full of life, but no less full of a sense of duty at least equal to that of HST's nineteenth-century predecessors.

Edition details

• Publisher: New York : Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060112816
• ISBN 13: 9780060112813
• Binding: Hardcover