Truman

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McCullough, D. 저자(글)

Simon & Schuster · 1992년 06월 15일

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David McCullough, writer, historian, lecturer, and teacher, has received the Francis Parkman Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and two National Book Awards, for history and for biography.
A landmark biography of the 33rd president & his times
David McCulloughhas been widely acclaimed as a "master of the art of narrative history," "a matchless writer." He is twice winner of the National Book Award, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In December 2006 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award.His books have been praised for their scholarship, their understanding of American life, their "vibrant prose," and insight into individual character. Mr. McCullough's most recent book,1776, the number oneNew York Timesnational bestseller in both hardcover and paperback, has been called, "brilliant...powerful," "a classic." There are three million copies in print, while Mr. McCullough's previous work,John Adams, remains one of the most critically acclaimed and widely read American biographies of all time. It is presently in its sixty-third printing.John Adams, a seven-part mini-series on HBO begins March 16. Produced by Tom Hanks, it stars Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney.In the words of the citation accompanying his honorary degree from Yale, "As an historian, he paints with words, giving us pictures of the American people that live, breathe, and above all, confront the fundamental issues of courage, achievement, and moral character."Mr. McCullough's other books includeThe Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, The Path between the Seas, Mornings on Horseback, Brave Companions,andTruman. His work has been published in ten languages and, in all, nearly 9,000,000 copies are in print. As may be said of few writers, none of his books has ever been out of print.David McCullough is as well twice winner of the prestigious Francis Parkman Prize, and for his work overall he has been honored by the National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award and the National Humanities Medal. He has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has received more than forty honorary degrees.In a crowded, productive career, he has been an editor, essayist, teacher, lecturer, and familiar presence on public television -- as host ofSmithsonian World, The American Experience, and narrator of numerous documentaries includingThe Civil War. His is also the narrator's voice in the movieSeabiscuit.A gifted speaker, Mr. McCullough has lectured in all parts of the country and abroad, as well as at the White House. He is also one of the few private citizens to speak before a joint session of Congress.Born in Pittsburgh, Mr. McCullough was educated there and at Yale, where he was graduated with honors in English literature. He is an avid reader, traveler, and has enjoyed a lifelong interest in art and architecture. He is as well a devoted painter. Mr. McCullough and his wife Rosalee Barnes McCullough have five children and eighteen grandchildren.His current project is a book about Americans in Paris, from the 1830's to 1930's.
In this riveting biography, David McCullough captures Harry S. Truman and the turbulent, historically significant times during which he served.
The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters -- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, and Dean Acheson -- and dramatic events. In this riveting biography, acclaimed historian David McCullough not only captures the man -- a more complex, informed, and determined man than ever before imagined -- but also the turbulent times in which he rose, boldly, to meet unprecedented challenges. The last president to serve as a living link between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, Truman's story spans the raw world of the Missouri frontier, World War I, the powerful Pendergast machine of Kansas City, the legendary Whistle-Stop Campaign of 1948, and the decisions to drop the atomic bomb, confront Stalin at Potsdam, send troops to Korea, and fire General MacArthur. Drawing on newly discovered archival material and extensive interviews with Truman's own family, friends, and Washington colleagues, McCullough tells the deeply moving story of the seemingly ordinary "man from Missouri" who was perhaps the most courageous president in our history.
"An impressive and valuable study of Truman, worthy of its subject." C. Vann Woodward, The New York Review
??n impressive and valuable study of Truman, worthy of its subject.??C. Vann Woodward, The New York Review
"Exemplary and riveting?? The book is like a comfortable Victorian three-decker novel. There are two plots, a hero and heroine, and a glittering cast of characters ranging from Dean Acheson, Churchill and General Marshall to the Pendergasts and General MacArthur, as well as a splendid collection of Shakespearean clowns?? McCullough's book will stand for a long time as the outstanding analysis of an extremely important subject: the greatness of Truman, and its role as an exogenous 'cause' in the history of his time." Eugene V. Rostow, Times Literary Supplement, London
??xemplary and riveting&. The book is like a comfortable Victorian three-decker novel. There are two plots, a hero and heroine, and a glittering cast of characters ranging from Dean Acheson, Churchill and General Marshall to the Pendergasts and General MacArthur, as well as a splendid collection of Shakespearean clowns&. McCullough?? book will stand for a long time as the outstanding analysis of an extremely important subject: the greatness of Truman, and its role as an exogenous ??ause??in the history of his time.??Eugene V. Rostow, Times Literary Supplement, London
"McCullough is a master storyteller whose considerable narrative skills have been put to exquisite use in re-creating the life and times of America's 33rd president." Robert Dallek, Los Angeles Times Book Review
??cCullough is a master storyteller whose considerable narrative skills have been put to exquisite use in re-creating the life and times of America?? 33rd president.??Robert Dallek, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"McCullough's marvelous feel for history is based on an appreciation of colorful tales and an insight into personalities. In this compelling saga of America's greatest common-man president, McCullough adds luster to an old-fashioned historical approach . . . the sweeping narrative, filled with telling details and an appreciation of the role individuals play in shaping the world." Walter Isaacson , Time
??cCullough?? marvelous feel for history is based on an appreciation of colorful tales and an insight into personalities. In this compelling saga of America?? greatest common-man president, McCullough adds luster to an old-fashioned historical approach . . . the sweeping narrative, filled with telling details and an appreciation of the role individuals play in shaping the world.??Walter Isaacson , Time
"McCullough takes us on a beautifully guided tour of recent historya journey that is as much a celebration of American experience as it is a captivating portrait of the ordinary 'man from Missouri' who became an extraordinary figure in the Cold War world. Keeping Truman himself always vividly in the foreground, Mr. McCullough has written a stirring, masterly, thoroughly absorbing book." Jean Strouse, author of Alice James: A Biography
??cCullough takes us on a beautifully guided tour of recent historya journey that is as much a celebration of American experience as it is a captivating portrait of the ordinary ??an from Missouri??who became an extraordinary figure in the Cold War world. Keeping Truman himself always vividly in the foreground, Mr. McCullough has written a stirring, masterly, thoroughly absorbing book.??Jean Strouse, author of Alice James: A Biography
"Perhaps the highest tribute one can pay a biographer is to say that through him one comes to know his subject almost as though in person. In fostering the reader's acquaintance with Harry Truman, not once does McCullough get in the way. This is in every respect a splendid work." Myron A. Marty, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
??erhaps the highest tribute one can pay a biographer is to say that through him one comes to know his subject almost as though in person. In fostering the reader?? acquaintance with Harry Truman, not once does McCullough get in the way. This is in every respect a splendid work.??Myron A. Marty, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Since I've been in national politics, whenever I've been asked who my favorite political leader of the century is, I have always said Harry Truman?? David McCullough has always been a favorite of mine. The Truman biography is outstanding." Jimmy Carter, The Boston Phoenix
??ince I??e been in national politics, whenever I??e been asked who my favorite political leader of the century is, I have always said Harry Truman&. David McCullough has always been a favorite of mine. The Truman biography is outstanding.??Jimmy Carter, The Boston Phoenix
"Superbly researched and carried forward by McCullough's narrative drive, Truman is endlessly readable. The Harry we were all wild about is re-created exactly as Harry wasfeisty, preposterous, decisive, tireless, outrageous, but always honorable, always courageous, always guided by his inner gyroscope of conscience and character." William Manchester, author of William Spencer Churchill: The Last Lion
??uperbly researched and carried forward by McCullough?? narrative drive, Truman is endlessly readable. The Harry we were all wild about is re-created exactly as Harry wasfeisty, preposterous, decisive, tireless, outrageous, but always honorable, always courageous, always guided by his inner gyroscope of conscience and character.??William Manchester, author of William Spencer Churchill: The Last Lion
"This is the biography of President Harry S. Truman against which not only all other Truman biographies but probably all other presidential biographies will be measured. It is comprehensive, well reasoned, insightful and yet elegantly simple. It is written with a love for the subject that is contagious." Steve Weinberg, The Kansas City Star
??his is the biography of President Harry S. Truman against which not only all other Truman biographies but probably all other presidential biographies will be measured. It is comprehensive, well reasoned, insightful and yet elegantly simple. It is written with a love for the subject that is contagious.??Steve Weinberg, The Kansas City Star
"Truman is biography as good as it gets, as absorbing and readable as it is voluminous. McCullough writes like a novelist, digs like a zealous reporter and puts things in perspective like the superb historian he is." Lorenzo Carcaterra, People magazine
??ruman is biography as good as it gets, as absorbing and readable as it is voluminous. McCullough writes like a novelist, digs like a zealous reporter and puts things in perspective like the superb historian he is.??Lorenzo Carcaterra, Peoplemagazine
Huge, ambitious, and perfectly realized, Truman is an American masterpiece about the most American of Americans, a man who confounded the nation and the world by achieving a greatness all his own after coming to the presidency in FDR's giant shadow. An extraordinary and deeply moving biography, at once spare in its style yet rich in emotion and in detail. 48 pages of photographs.

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저자(글) McCullough, D.

목차

• Son of the Middle Border
  Blue River Country	p. 15
  Model Boy	p. 39
  The Way of the Farmer	p. 66
  Soldier	p. 102
  Politician
  Try, Try Again	p. 141
  The Senator from Pendergast	p. 193
  Patriot	p. 253
  Numbered Days	p. 292
  To the Best of My Ability
  The Moon, the Stars, and All the Planets	p. 345
  Summer of Decision	p. 405
  Mr. President
  The Buck Stops Here	p. 467
  Turning Point	p. 525
  The Heat in the Kitchen	p. 584
  Fighting Chance	p. 653
  Weight of the World
  Iron Man	p. 723
  Commander in Chief	p. 784
  Final Days	p. 857
  Back Home
  Citizen Truman	p. 927
  Acknowledgments	p. 993
  Source Notes	p. 999
  Bibliography	p. 1058
  Index	p. 1083
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ISBN	9780671456542 ( 0671456547 )
발행(출시)일자	1992년 06월 15일
쪽수	1120쪽
크기	163 * 236 * 61 mm / 1270 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어