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Ascent to power : how Truman emerged from Roosevelt's shadow and remade the world

text Ascent to power : how Truman emerged from Roosevelt's shadow and remade the world

Summary
"From Franklin Roosevelt's final days through Harry Truman's extraordinary transformation, this is the enthralling story behind the most consequential presidential transition in U.S. history. When Roosevelt, in failing health, decided to run for a... Read more
Contents
Prologue: Death and rebirth -- Over the rainbow -- Go all out for Truman -- Best he could do -- Unprepared -- Second coming in wrath -- Bearing the unbearable -- Had enough? -- Transformation -- Lift every voice -- Politics of 1948 -- Pour it on, ... Read more
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xi, 531 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 24 cm
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024

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SBBDL 973.918 Roll in Adult Non-fiction Reshelving

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