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03032aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 3557846AB0D511E8923D894D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180905010705 008 170521s2017 mdua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0811736784 020 $a 9780811736787 035 $a (OCoLC)987797132 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d ZAC $d OCLCF $d SILO 245 00 $a Dear Harry-- : $b Truman's mailroom, 1945-1953 : the Truman administration through correspondence with "everyday Americans" / $c [edited by] D.M. Giangreco and Kathryn Moore. 246 30 $a Truman's mailroom, 1845-1953 246 3 $a Truman administration through correspondence with "everyday Americans" 250 $a First Stackpole Books paperback edition. 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Stackpole Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., $c 2017. 300 $a xvi, 512 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-489) and indexes. 505 00 $g 426. $t Threats, friends, atom bomb, and leaving office $g 1 -- $g Chapter 2 $t Civil rights and 1948 presidential election $g 32 -- $g Chapter 3 $t World War II, Potsdam Conference, demobilization of the armed forces, cessation of hostilities, occupation of Germany, continued rationing, unemployed veterans, Easter Egg rolling at the White House, the Truman Balcony, the Marshall Plan, Sacred Cow, and death of Mother $g 80 -- $g Chapter 4 $t Aid to Greece and Turkey, Palestine and the birth of Israel, Churchill correspondence, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin airlift, 1948 presidential election $g 130 -- $g Chapter 5 $t Personal questions, suggestions, look-alikes, and "nut mail" $g 174 -- $g Chapter 6 $t The MacArthur firing $g 231 -- $g Chapter 7 $t The atom bomb $g 279 -- $g Chapter 8 $t Korea $g 327 -- $g Chapter 9 $t Joe McCarthy, Marine Corps' "propaganda machine," assassination attempt, and the Hume affair $g 360 -- $g Chapter 10 $t Threats, friends, atom bomb, and leaving office $g 426. 520 $a Americans are not shy about letting politicians know what's on their minds, and, in Harry Truman, many believed they had a president they could level with. He even sometimes responded personally to them, especially on subjects he felt strongly about. Today, it seems remarkable that a man who described the presidency as "the most awesome job in the world" would take the time to read and respond to White House mail. But Truman had an unquenchable thirst for what his "everyday Americans" were thinking, yet he distrusted opinion polls. 600 10 $a Truman, Harry S., $d 1884-1972 $v Correspondence. 600 17 $a Truman, Harry S., $d 1884-1972. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00032671 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Correspondence. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1945-1953 $v Sources. 700 1 $a Giangreco, D. M., $d 1952- $e editor. 700 1 $a Moore, Kathryn, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180905050109.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3557846AB0D511E8923D894D97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search