Sale shows how Bess Truman remade the office of the first lady to suit her own personality and along the way earned the admiration and respect of the American p

Describes the life of Bess Truman, her marriage, and her influence on her husband's career as seen through the eyes of her daughter and through personal corresp

Presents a biography of Bess Wallace Truman

This correspondence, which encompasses Truman's courtship of his wife, his service in the senate, his presidency, and after, reveals not only the character of T

One evening in 1955, Harry Truman came home to find Bess burning her letters to him. “What are you doing? Think of history,” he said. “Oh, I have,” she