TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Merle
TI  - Plain speaking: an oral biography of Harry S. Truman 
SN  - 0399112618
AV  - E814 .M54 1974
U1  - 920 
PY  - 1974///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berkley Pub. Corp.; distributed by Putnam
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1945-1953
N1  - Online version:
Miller, Merle, 1919-1986.
Plain speaking.
New York, Berkley Pub. Corp.; distributed by Putnam [1974]
(OCoLC)570589688; Includes index; TOC; The happiest childhood --
Some ancestors --
John Anderson Truman --
Independence and the war between the states --
Banking days and farming --
On Battery D --
Harry Truman, Madge Gates Wallace, and the haberdashery --
The haberdashery --
Early politics --
The only defeat--and then victory --
The first race for the Senate --
The 1940 campaign --
The Truman Committee --
The convention and the campaign of 1944 --
The end and the beginning --
Israel --
On Herbert Hoover --
Los niños heroes --
My biggest mistake --
The bomb --
General Marshall and the Marshall Plan --
The 1948 victory --
The Korean decision --
Firing the general --
God bless America --
On generals in general --
A few further observations on "Ike" --
Five weak presidents --
What ruins a man --
Of painting and B. Berenson --
On evangelists --
An attempted assassination --
The dean resigns --
On J. Edgar Hoover --
The CIA --
Some friends and neighbors, too --
The library tour --
The cause and cure of hysteria --
Afterword; Library
N2  - Summary: 	
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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