I tended to be the same way until I had to learn not to be for job interviews. Coming from the Midwest, I was impressed that he was so humble and actually self-deprecating. I picked this one because I really did not know very much about Truman except for his morning constitutionals and seeing the picture of him holding up the newspaper that said that Dewey had won. Truman is the best audio book by David McCullough that I have listened to so far. Distinguished historian and prize-winning author David McCullough tells one of the greatest of American stories in this stirring audio adaptation of his Truman-a compelling, classic portrait of a life that shaped history. Here too is a telling account of Truman's momentous decision to use the atomic bomb and the weighty responsibilities that he was forced to confront on the dawning of a new age. Senate, McCullough shows, in colorful detail, a man of uncommon vitality and strength of character. From Truman's small-town, turn-of-the-century boyhood and his transforming experience in the face of war in 1918, to his political beginnings in the powerful Pendergast machine and his rapid rise to prominence in the U.S. The life and times of the thirty-third President of the United States, Truman provides a deeply moving look at an extraordinary, singular American. Truman has captured the heart of the nation. Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S.
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