“It has been a life-time program for me, and if you start out even on this incomplete list, you will find it a lengthy study but well worthwhile. If a summer reading list that includes Plutarch feels a bit daunting, take this encouragement from Mr. William Shakespeare, all writings but especially Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and The Sonnets Missouri’s Struggle for Statehood, 1804-1821 by Floyd Calvin ShoemakerĬomplete works of Lord Byron (George Gordon), especially Childe HaroldĮdward Shepherd Creasy’s Fifteen Decisive Battles Of The World: From Marathon To WaterlooĬharles Beard’s An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution Gibbons’ Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Whether you be reader, leader or both, summer offers the opportunity to delve into one or more of President Truman’s most read and oft-recommended volumes: According to Truman Library Supervisory Archivist Samuel Rushay, “It provided him ethical and moral guidance and was a tool that he used to make decisions, most notably as President of the United States during his two terms of office….Truman ‘internalized’ history and looked to the past almost reflexively whenever a problem or issue arose.”
The book touches on details in Truman’s life from his days as a boy until graduation from Independence. Taken directly from his own manuscript material, the volume presents the thoughts and feelings of the man himself. Truman’s study of history proved indispensable. Truman is a compilation of autobiographical writings composed by Truman between 19. Harry Truman famously said, “Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.”
Here’s a reading list that just might change your life.
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