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Recently finished David McCullough's tome on Harry Truman. Wow, everything you ever wanted or didn't want to know about Harry S Truman. It was about a thousand page book and at times became incredibly detailed about things that weren't of significant historical importance. It seemed the author could have discriminated a little more and trimmed the length without losing any of the importance of Harry's place in history. While I enjoyed this book, it wasn't near the level McCullough reached with his biography on Adams.
I didn't realize he was originally a product of a political machine from Kansas City that had obvious dubious ties and activities. I didn't realize how much of a politician Truman was and how he gamed the systems in place to meet his desires. Despite that, he still comes across as the most honest president in the last 100 years.
Currently reading Jeff Shaara's The Steel Wave, historical fiction regarding D-day from the eyes of Eisenhower, Rommell, a paratrooper sergeant from the 82nd airborne, a corporal infantryman storming Omaha. While it's classified as fiction because the author embellishes individual stories, it remains true to the actual history and I'd classify it as something more historical than fiction. The fiction part makes the reading more smoothe, however.
I didn't realize he was originally a product of a political machine from Kansas City that had obvious dubious ties and activities. I didn't realize how much of a politician Truman was and how he gamed the systems in place to meet his desires. Despite that, he still comes across as the most honest president in the last 100 years.
Currently reading Jeff Shaara's The Steel Wave, historical fiction regarding D-day from the eyes of Eisenhower, Rommell, a paratrooper sergeant from the 82nd airborne, a corporal infantryman storming Omaha. While it's classified as fiction because the author embellishes individual stories, it remains true to the actual history and I'd classify it as something more historical than fiction. The fiction part makes the reading more smoothe, however.
