Harry Truman Gives 'Em Hell

Son of a poor Missouri farmer, Harry Truman was the last American president who never went to college. Thanks to his experience raising an artillery company in World War I, he built his political base on veterans' support. As a U.S. senator, he cracked down on corporate profiteering in World War II. After being elected vice president of the United States and subsequently becoming president when Franklin Roosevelt died, he had to decide whether to use the atomic bomb to end the bloodiest war in history. This brief book - part of the American Lives series - tells his amazing story.