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1994 book by historian Robert Hugh Ferrell

Harry S. Truman: A Life is a 1994 biography of Harry S. Truman,^[1]president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, by historian Robert Hugh Ferrell.

Although it was overshadowed by the popular success of David McCullough's Pulitzer-winning biography Truman, Ferrell's book was widely praised by scholars in his field.

Author

Robert H. Ferrell, a professor emeritus at Indiana University, was widely considered the preeminent authority on the history of the Truman administration.^[2][3] A prolific author who produced more than 60 books in his lifetime, Ferrell devoted particular attention to Truman, writing or editing more than a dozen books on his life and presidency, including the 1983 New York Times bestseller Dear Bess: The Letters From Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959,^[4] 1994's Choosing Truman: The Democratic Convention of 1944 and 2002's The Autobiography o