Truman / David McCullough 256 p. December Challenge: 3 French Hens

David McCullough presents a spellbinding biography of Harry Truman.  He shows Truman's humble beginnings in Missouri.  His courtship of Bess.  His spirit, humbleness, honesty, let-the-stop-here philosophy comes through.  This is the president who fought in WWI, came home to experience the depression.  He worked on the local roads - and they were better when he was in charge.  He had his political beginnings with the Pendergast machine, responsible for the Marshall Plan, dropping the atomic bomb, integrated the armed forces, ignored the pollsters, and more.