Author: Merle Miller
Publisher: Berkley T2664
Year: 1974 Print: 1 Cover Price: $1.95
Condition:Book Grades: Very Good Plus. Not read
Genre: Non Fiction/History/Biography
Pages: 480
SKU: 90124189E
Never has a President of the United States, or any head of state for that matter, been so totally revealed, so completely documented (Robert A.Arthur).
Plain Speakingis the bestselling book based on conversations between Merle Miller and the thirty-third President of the United States, Harry S.Truman. From these interviews, as well as others who knew him over the years, Miller transcribes Trumans feisty takes on everything from his personal life, military service, and political career to the challenges he faced in taking the office during the final days of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. Using a series of taped discussions from 1962 that never aired on television,Plain Speakingtakes an opportunity to deliver exactly how Mr. Truman felt about the presidency, and his thoughts in his later years on his accomplishments and the legacy he left behind.
The values ofPlain Speaking, on the whole, are those of the highest form of political communication: the bull session. As with all good bull sessions, what is said here ranges widely in quality and seriousness, as one should expect when dealing with a complex man. The New York Times
Plain Speakinghas a nostalgic, downhome quality of good friends gossiping over the back fence, or saying their piece of a twilight eve rocking on the porchand if those fellas back in Washington have their secret machines running, well, they wont like what they overhear. Not one little bit. Kirkus Reviews
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