Truman, Harry S.

Memoirs [TWO VOLUMES]

New York: Doubleday, 1955-1956. First editions, first printings. Publisher's dark blue cloth, teal top stain, in dust jackets ($5.00). 596; 594pp. Some soiling to top edge, else fine in very good, spine toned and edge worn dust jackets, in mylar covers. Item #241655

A PRESIDENT OF CONSEQUENCE

Harry Truman’s two-volume memoir offers a firsthand chronicle of one of the most consequential presidencies of the modern era. Published immediately after his departure from office, Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope trace Truman’s journey from Missouri shopkeeper and machine politician to the Oval Office, where he confronted the end of World War II, the use of atomic weapons, the Berlin Airlift, the Marshall Plan, Korea, and the hardening realities of the Cold War. Written in Truman’s characteristically blunt, unvarnished prose, this set remains one of the most candid presidential memoirs of the twentieth century.

Price: $225.00