Twenty years since he left the White House, after the year of Watergate of all years, that plainest speaker of all Harry S. But its appeal as intimate biography is so irresistible, so human, it quite diverts one from the obvious fact that here is a President wholly revealed as we have never before had one revealed. XX : PLAIN SPEAKING, a book "so alive it will seem warm to the touch," as one critic has put it, is uniquely important as political history. Please contact me before buying if you do not live in the US. Please note that with packaging this shipment will weigh nearly two pounds, so additional postage will be necessary for any shipments outside the US. The dust jacket is intact and in fair condition with edge chipping, tears, wrinkles, and age browning inside. The spine is bumped at the top but only lightly at the bottom. The black cloth cover is in very good condition. The gift inscription, from a mother to her son in 1974, is on the first pastedown. The author signed his name on the first free endpaper. The text block is in fine condition with no tears, marks, or dog ears, but there are two very small wrinkles on page 103. TRUMAN by Merle Miller, 2nd impression, signed by author. PLAIN SPEAKING: AN ORAL BIOGRAPHY OF HARRY S.
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