num_pages: 6
description: Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured the heart of the nation. The life and times of the thirty-third President of the United States, Truman provides a deeply moving look at an extraordinary, singular American.  From Truman's small-town, turn-of-the-century boyhood and his transforming experience in the face of war in 1918, to his political beginnings in the powerful Pendergast machine and his rapid rise to prominence in the U.S. Senate, McCullough shows a man of uncommon vitality and strength of character. Here too is a telling account of Truman's momentous decision to use the atomic bomb and the weighty responsibilities that he was forced to confront on the dawning of a new age.  Distinguished historian and Pulitzer-Prize-winning author David McCullough tells one of the greatest American stories in this stirring audio adaptation of Truman -- a compelling, classic portrait of a life that shaped history.5.5 Hours approx.
language: English
title: Truman
titlecomplete: Truman
characters: Harry S. Truman, Thomas E. Dewey
genres: Historical, Biography, Politics, Presidents, Nonfiction, Audiobook, American History, Biography Memoir, Us Presidents, History
ratings_count: 86572
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