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Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman (1973)

par Merle Miller

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Based on a series of interviews with the former President during the early sixties recounting his views of the historic times he lived in as well as his own life.
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Excellent book written with feeling about a great and underrated President. One of the few that said what he meant and meant what he said. The book was also refreshingly written in plain English. That's rare for a political science and/or history book. ( )
  JBGUSA | Jan 2, 2023 |
A big seller in its day, the 1970's. The Truman revealed here is of course the man the former president wishes he had been, and overall the book suffers from lack of perspective on the real historical meaning of HST. But it is a very readable set of anecdotes, and some of the man's depths are revealed in them. I'm not calling it a great biography, but it is an excellent extended interview, and a pretty good starting place for future study by the serious student. ( )
  DinadansFriend | May 22, 2016 |
Miller freely admits that he didn't ask some questions, and that Harry may well have mis-remembered some incidents ("a privilege of old men"). But it's rare that we get an interview with someone who was a candid as Harry about his life and career, about what he did and why he did it. And although Harry was as guilty of anyone at putting the best face on his actions, he doesn't deny them, or place the blame on unsupervised subordinates. President Truman comes across as someone who fully understood that the office of President was important, but kept a sense of humility about his service. ( )
  BruceCoulson | Jan 2, 2014 |
My favourite book. I read it once a year - and I am an Australian.If I had a fantasy dinner party Harry Truman would be first on my list ( apart from my husband!!) ( )
  tafesahelenclark | Sep 28, 2009 |
1268. Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, by Merle Miller (28 Mar 1974) This book had its moments, especially in its earlier parts. But it is rambling, disorganized, and showed Harry as awfully cantankerous and opinionated. David McCullough's biography of Truman is a far superior effort. ( )
  Schmerguls | Mar 14, 2009 |
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For, the noblest deeds do not always shew men's virtues and vices, but oftentimes a light occasion, a word, or some sport makes men's natural dispositions and manners appear more plain, than the famous battles won, wherein are slain ten thousand men, or the great armies, or cities won by siege or assault. --Plutarch, Alexander the Great, i
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For David W. Elliott, who has been urging me to do this book for almost ten years now, who became as familiar with and as fond of Harry Truman as I am and who, when the time came, did more than half the work and serves more than half the credit.
Also for Judy Freed, who insisted that I do it and even found a publisher.
And, of course, for Robert Alan Aurthur and David Susskind, without who I would never have met Harry Truman or any of the other people who inhabit these pages. They are mostly gone now, and I miss them.
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One week in Independence I didn't talk to anyone who was less than seventy-five years old, and it was one of the pleasantest weeks of my life.
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