Colleagues

 

I have spent a lot of time with your Wit and Wisdom of Harry Truman in recent months. The collection is wonderful, really capturing the essence of this quintessential American. Your introductory essay captures what it is about Truman that made him a great president and an even more interesting human being.

Barton Wechsler, Director and Professor

Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs

University of Missouri

 

As the communications director at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, biographies of the 33rd president are never more than three steps away. But it is Ralph Keyes' s Wit and Wisdom of Harry Truman that never leaves my desk. Keyes's incomparable compendium opens with a lively and illuminating essay on Truman. What follows are Harry Truman's own words on everything from past presidents to education to human nature. The book is a treasure for any lover of books and ideas, and an indispensable resource for those interested in the American presidency, Missouri history, or the modest Missourian who became a 20th-century giant.

Susan Medler

Director of Communications

Harry S. Truman Library Institute

Harry S. Truman Library and Museum