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...purpose of this book is to show the mind of a man and not to write a final history," author William Hillman remarks toward the end of his fascinating compilation of Harry S. Truman's thoughts, writings, and speeches. The material is highly selective and presented with little unity, but the mind of the man emerges quite clearly...
...contents of one of the world's most interesting wastebaskets is laid before the U.S. public this week in the form of a book called Mr. President (Farrar, Straus & Young; $5). Explorer of the wastebasket: William Hillman, White House correspondent for the Mutual Broadcasting System. Author of at least 90% of the text: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President...
...Hillman begins, appropriately, by quoting Truman: "I want the people to know the Presidency as I have experienced it and to know...
...this end, Truman gave Hillman full access to his personal correspondence, memorandums, diaries and written reveries. To the written material, he has added interviews of Truman by Hillman. All this is tossed together in a jumble from which the patient reader can piece together a better picture of Truman, the man and the President, than historians have been able to construct from the records of more complex and less candid Presidents...
Truman, however, explains to Hillman: "I rarely write angry letters . . . Most of the letters I write are the letters of a good neighbor. I like to gossip with friends. I like to exchange views and opinions with people in all walks of life...