Strictly personal and confidential
Subtitle: the letters Harry Truman never mailed
By: edited by Monte M. Poen.
Contributors: Poen, Monte M., 1930-
Series: Give 'em hell Harry series
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Correspondence.; Presidents -- United States -- Correspondence.
Genres: Correspondence.
Description: "Harry S. Truman made plain speaking his trademark, and it was a common belief that "Give 'em hell" Harry spared few with his words. However, this fascinating collection of 140 amusing, angry, sarcastic, and controversial letters President Truman wrote but never mailed proves that conception wrong.

Addressed to admirers and enemies alike, including Adlai Stevenson, Justice William Douglas, Dwight Eisenhower, Joe McCarthy, and Truman's wife, Bess, these intriguing letters cover such diverse subjects as the atomic bomb, running the country, and human greed."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.
Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, c1982.