Harry Truman excelled at piano lessons, and at a young age, he memorized numerous sonatas by Beethoven, Chopin, and Mozart. Years later, Truman jokingly said, “My choice early in life was either to be ...

When Harry Truman arrived at Washington’s Union Station to leave for Independence six hours after the inauguration he was greeted by a cheering crowd so heavy that he had trouble getting to his train.

A Missouri boy grows up 1884-1922 -- From Missouri to Washington 1922-1945 -- Greatness thrust upon him April-May 1945 -- Stalin, Churchill, and the bomb summer 1945 -- Prosperity and Cold War ...

“He knew who he was, and he liked who he was. He liked Harry Truman. He enjoyed being Harry Truman.” That is a description that Truman’s biographer, David McCullough, uses in an essay in the book ...