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Harry S. Truman: A Life the sources." Taking a more critical tone, James Giglio in "The Journal of American History" called the book "thoughtful" but felt that it failed to place Truman "into some broader political context" of American history in the way McCullough's book did. Harry S. Truman: A Life Harry S. Truman: A Life is a 1994 biography of Harry S. Truman, president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, by historian Robert Hugh Ferrell. Although it was overshadowed by the popular success of David McCullough's Pulitzer-winning biography "Truman", Ferrell's book was widely praised by scholars in his field. Robert H. Ferrell,