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The accidental president : Harry S. Truman and the four months that changed the world  Cover Image Book Book

The accidental president : Harry S. Truman and the four months that changed the world / A. J. Baime.

Summary:

A look at the president's tumultuous first four months in office examines the events he presided over, including the founding of the United Nations, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of concentration camps, and the decision to drop the bomb.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0544617347
  • ISBN: 9780544617346
  • Physical Description: xvi,431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-422) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
April 12, 1945 -- The political education of Harry S. Truman -- April-May 1945 -- June-July 1945 -- Little Boy, Fat Man, and Potsdam -- Epilogue.
Subject: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.

Available copies

  • 25 of 27 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Marshall. (Show)
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Holds

  • 0 current holds with 27 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jefferson County Library-Arnold 973.918 BAIME (Text) 30000024955910 Non-Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Windsor 973.918 BAIME (Text) 30065010090931 Non-Fiction Available -
Lebanon-Laclede County Library 973.918 Baime (Text) 3803553946 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Livingston County Library - Main Library 973.918 BAIME (Text) 2601817585 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Marion County Library 973.918 BAI (Text) PPL68123 Non-Fiction Available -
Mississippi County - Clara Drinkwater Newnam Library 973.918 (Text) 38530100670878 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Morgan County Library 973.918 BAI (Text) 35319000139660 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Neosho Newton - Neosho 324.973 BAI (Text) 34162001883402 Adult Nonfiction Available -
North Kansas City Public Library BIO TRUMAN BAIME 2017 (Text) 0001002303699 Biography Available -
Ralls County Library BIO TRU (Text) 33200000018134 Adult Biography Available -


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