Selected Bibliography
The Library of Congress
online catalog contains more than seventy subject
headings for books related to Harry S. Truman. To find
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From among the hundreds of Truman-related titles in the
Library of Congress collections, the bibliography below highlights
the most significant editions of works by Truman and selected
biographies and other works particularly useful to general
and younger readers.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman [1945-53]. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1961-66.
LC Call Number: J80 .A283 [Catalog
Record]
Note: This work has been
made available online on
the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.
Ferrell, Robert H., ed. The Autobiography of Harry S. Truman. 1980; rpt. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2002.
LC Call Number: E814 .A32 2002 [Catalog
Record]
-----, ed. Dear Bess: The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959. New York: Norton, 1983.
LC Call Number: E814 .A4 1983 [Catalog
Record]
-----, ed. Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman. New York: Harper & Row, 1980.
LC Call Number: E742.5 .T6 1980 [Catalog
Record]
Merrill, Dennis, ed. Documentary History of the Truman Presidency. Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America, 1995-.
LC Call Number: E813 .D56 1995 [Catalog
Record]
Neal, Steven, ed. Miracle of ’48: Harry Truman’s Major Campaign Speeches & Selected Whistle-Stops. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2003.
LC Call Number: E742.5 .T65 2003 [Catalog
Record]
Poen, Monte M., ed. Letters Home. 1984; rpt. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2003.
LC Call Number: E814 .A4 2003 [Catalog
Record]
-----, ed. Strictly Personal and Confidential: The Letters Harry Truman Never Mailed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1982.
LC Call Number: E814 .A4 1982b [Catalog
Record]
Truman, Margaret, ed. Letters from Father: The Truman Family's Personal Correspondence. New York: Arbor House, 1981.
LC Call Number: E814.1 .L47 [Catalog
Record]
-----, ed. Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman. New York: Warner Books, 1989.
LC Call Number: E814.1 .L47 [Catalog
Record]
Truman, Harry S. Memoirs of Harry S. Truman. 1955-56; rpt. 2 vols. New York: Da Capo Press, 1986-87.
LC Call Number: E814 .A327 1986 [Catalog
Record]
Dallek, Robert. Harry S. Truman. New York: Times Books, 2008.
LC Call Number: E814 .D25 2008 [Catalog
Record]
Donovan, Robert J. Conflict and Crisis: The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1945-1948. 1977; rpt. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1996.
LC Call Number: E813 .D6 1996 [Catalog
Record]
-----. Tumultuous Years: The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1949-1953. 1982; rpt. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1996.
LC Call Number: E813 .D63 1996 [Catalog
Record]
Ferrell, Robert H. Harry S. Truman. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2003.
LC Call Number: E814 .F459 2003 [Catalog
Record]
-----. Harry S. Truman: A Life. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1994.
LC Call Number: E814 .F46 1994 [Catalog
Record]
Gosnell, Harold Foote. Truman’s Crises: A Political Biography of Harry S. Truman. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980.
LC Call Number: E814 .G67 [Catalog
Record]
Hamby, Alonzo L. Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
LC Call Number: E814 .H28 1995 [Catalog
Record]
Jenkins, Roy. Truman. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
LC Call Number: E814 .J46 1986 [Catalog
Record]
McCoy, Donald R. The Presidency of Harry S. Truman. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1984.
LC Call Number: E814 .M38 1984 [Catalog
Record]
McCullough, David. Truman. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
LC Call Number: E814 .M26 1992 [Catalog
Record]
Truman, Margaret. Harry S. Truman. New York: Morrow, 1973.
LC Call Number: E814 .T8 [Catalog
Record]
Burns, Richard Dean. Harry S. Truman: A Bibliography of His Times and Presidency. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1984.
LC Call Number: Z8888.9 .B87 1984 E814 [Catalog
Record]
Sayler, James, comp. Presidents of
the United States--Their Written Measure: A Bibliography.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1996.
LC Call Number: Z1249.P7 S29 1996 [Catalog
Record]
Cannarella, Deborah. Harry S. Truman. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2003.
LC Call Number: E814 .C36 2003 [Catalog
Record]
Foley, Michael. Harry S. Truman. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004.
LC Call Number: E814 .F65 2004 [Catalog
Record]
Gaines, Ann. Harry S. Truman: Our Thirty-Third President. Mankato, Minn.: Child’s World, 2009.
LC Call Number: E814 .G345 2009 [Catalog
Record]
Lazo, Caroline Evensen. Harry S. Truman. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2003.
LC Call Number: E814 .L39 2003 [Catalog
Record]
Otfinoski, Steven. Harry S. Truman: America’s 33rd President. New York: Children’s Press, 2005. New York: Children’s Press, 2005.
LC Call Number: E814 .O84 2005 [Catalog
Record]
Schuman, Michael. Harry S. Truman. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 2003.
LC Call Number: E814 .S38 2003 [Catalog
Record]
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