Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, in Two Volumes: Year of Decisions; Years of Trial and Hope, 1946-1952

Complete in two volumes. xi, 596; xi, 594 pp. 8vo. Extensive index follows text. The autobiography of the thirty-third President of the United States. "Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945 - 1953). As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice-president and the 34th Vice President of the United States, he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his historic fourth term."