Robert Ferrell has published numerous other books including "Harry S. Truman: A Life", "The Dying President: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945", "Choosing Truman: The Democratic Convention of 1944" and "Truman and Pendergast".
Robert H. Ferrell is Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University in Bloomington. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Harry S. Truman: A Life, The Dying President: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945, Choosing Truman: The Democratic Convention of 1944, and Truman and Pendergast, all available from the University of Missouri Press.
"These accounts give one a flavor of the personality of the former
President but refer more to his earlier life than his years in the
White House. Perhaps most revealing is Truman's recollection of
`Boss' Tom Pendergast who was convicted of tax fraud. Although
Pendergast was sentenced to prison at Leavenworth, Harry Truman
remained a friend and in his own words `never deserted him.' Truman
the `man' may be found in these writings and that in itself makes
the collection worth reading."--Choice
"Good reading for those who want to think their way through the
period again."--American Historical Review
"Mr. Ferrell provides illuminating summaries of the historical
background and identities of people mentioned in the text. . . . An
authentic Trumanesque version of the way he saw himself and the
people he accepted or rejected. It has the characteristic flavor of
a self-taught man proud of his interest and reading in history and
biography, who stoutly defends the path he took."--Review of
Politics
"I have been reading a book about me. . . . This book is supposed
to be an educational one for young people. It contains more
misstatements and false quotations than it contains facts and true
statements from people purported to have been interviewed. . . . To
save too many knowing spreaders of misinformation from going to
hell on the present biography I guess I'll have to state the few
interesting facts of my life without the introspective trimmings
with which most so-called writers and half-baked essayists clutter
up the printed page."--Harry S. Truman
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