Giangreco, D. M. ; Moore, Kathryn

Dear Harry... Truman's Mailroom, 1945-1953

Hardcover, Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition/First Printing with full numberline including the 1. President Truman distrusted polls, but liked to know what ordinary Americans thought. He actually took the time to read many of the letters sent to him and he sometimes replied. This book is a collection of letters written to President Truman by both famous and ordinary citizens, along with explanatory essays, and his sometime replies. Perusing these letters will assure you that Americans in the 1940s and 1950s were just as crazy as today's Americans, though members of the older generation were significantly better writers. No previous owner marks. Text and photographs clean and bright. Dust jacket bright and not faded with only minor shelf wear to edges, most noticeable at tail of spine panel. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 512 pages. [Item #71380]

Price: $26.00