description: A biography of the U.S. president explores Truman's brutal frontier childhood, his education, his dogged optimism, and his rise through the ranks of the Pendergast machine that controlled Missouri politics.
language: English
title: Truman
titlecomplete: Truman
characters: Harry S. Truman, Thomas E. Dewey
genres: Biography, Presidents, History, Politics, American History, Historical, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Us Presidents, Audiobook
ratings_count: 86573
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Francis Parkman Prize, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Lionel Gelber Prize, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio