Man of the People by Alonzo L Hamby
The author offers an account of what he believes is a distinctly American life, that of Harry S. Truman. He traces Truman's rise from marginal farmer in rural Missouri to shaper of the post-war world. Harry Truman, Hamby writes, was a flawed man - insecure, often petty and vindictive - yet one of the great presidents of the 20th century. But Americans cherish him less for what he did than for who he was: an ordinary person who worked his way up the political ladder to the summit of power.
Hamby offers the most thorough analysis yet of Truman's pre-presidential life Noam Chomsky, The Guardian his subject shines through almost every page.. Man of the People is the best of the Truman biographies. Christopher Andrew, Sunday Telegraph
Alonzo L. Hamby is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Ohio University. He is the author of several books, including Beyond the New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism, Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman, and For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s. Hamby also has received two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, a Harry S. Truman Library Institute Senior Fellowship, a Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowship, and the Ohio Academy of History Distinguished Service Award. Born in Missouri, Hamby graduated from Southeast Missouri State University and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195124972 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195124979 |
| Title | Man of the People |
| Author | Alonzo L Hamby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1998-10-08 |
| Number of pages | 776 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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