Dear Bess: The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman

Ferrell, Robert (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0393018229 / ISBN 13: 9780393018226

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1983

About this Item

Some slight shelfwear, tearing on dust jacket; otherwise a bright, clean and tight copy.

Seller Inventory # A7945

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dear Bess: The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393018229
• ISBN 13: 9780393018226
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Diehl, Edward P (Jacket Design)
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • .History - American & Canadian

About this title

Synopsis

This correspondence, which encompasses Truman's courtship of his wife, his service in the senate, his presidency, and after, reveals not only the character of Truman's mind but also a shrewd observer's view of American politics

About the Author

Robert H. Ferrell is Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University in Bloomington. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Collapse at Meuse-Argonne: The Failure of the Missouri-Kansas Division and Meuse-Argonne Diary: A Divison Commander in World War I, both available from the University of Missouri Press. Ferrell resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.