Dear Bess : the letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959 /
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Truman, Bess Wallace. Ferrell, Robert H. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | New York : Norton, [1983] |
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| Summary: | Once again available is the critically acclaimed "Dear Bess, " a collection of more than 600 letters that Harry S. Truman wrote to his beloved wife, Bess, from 1910 to 1959. Selected from 1,268 letters discovered in Bess's house after her death in 1982, this extraordinary collection provides an inside look at Truman's life, his thoughts, and his dreams. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 593 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0393018229 |
| Author Notes: | He expanded his dissertation into a book, Peace in Their Time: The Origins of the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which was published in 1952 and won the American Historical Association's George Louis Beer Prize. He wrote or edited more than 60 books including Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman; Harry S. Truman: A Life; The Eisenhower Diaries; Woodrow Wilson and World War I, 1917-1921; American Diplomacy: The Twentieth Century; The Strange Deaths of President Harding; Five Days in October: The Lost Battalion of World War I; and Argonne Days in World War I. He died on August 8, 2018 at the age of 97. (Bowker Author Biography) |