Truman of St. Helens: The Man and His Mountain by Rosen, Shirley - 1981

Seattle / Longview: Madrona Pubishers / Longview Publishing, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, Second Printing.. Seattle / Longview: Madrona Pubishers / Longview Publishing, 1981. First Edition, Second Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Fine second printing of the first edition, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded brown boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Association copy. Long inscription by the author to her son, signed and dated Christmas, 1981. No other writing or marks. Illustrated with glossy black and white photographs. 163 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has a few very short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. At 8:32 a.m., Sunday, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupted with the explosive force of 50 million tons of TNT. Here, Shirley Rosen tells the story of Harry Truman, the man who became an American folk hero. Truman, with his rugged independence, hard-nosed business sense, and infectious humor, embodied the spirit of the nation. He refused to be bound by mere rules and, in the end, his individualism killed him..