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Margaret Truman (1924–2008)

Autore di Harry S. Truman

44+ opere 11,497 membri 150 recensioni 8 preferito

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Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry S. Truman, was born on February 17, 1924 in Independence, Missouri. She graduated from George Washington University in 1946. She was also known as Margaret Truman or Margaret Daniel. She was an American singer who later became the successful author mostra altro of a series of murder mysteries and a number of works on U.S. First Ladies and First Families, including a biography of her father, President Harry S. Truman. The only child of Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman; she was called "Margaret" for most of her life. Truman made her concert debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1947 and her first television appearance on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town. She substituted for Edward R. Murrow on Person to Person, and later had her own radio shows (Weekday in the 1950s and Authors in the News in the 1960s). She was active with organizations such as the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation and the Truman Centennial Committee. She published her first book, Souvenir: Margaret Truman's Own Story in 1956. She also wrote a series of mysteries set at historic locations in Washington, D. C. She died on January 29, 2008 following a brief illness. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Photo by Vernon Galloway (trumanlibrary.org)

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Opere di Margaret Truman

Harry S. Truman (1973) 684 copie
Murder in the White House (1980) 503 copie
Murder in the Smithsonian (1983) 459 copie
Murder in the CIA (1987) 436 copie
Murder at the Pentagon (1992) 434 copie
Murder in Georgetown (1986) 416 copie
Murder on Capitol Hill (1981) 403 copie
Murder on the Potomac (1994) 394 copie
Murder at the Watergate (1998) 388 copie
Murder on Embassy Row (1984) 372 copie
Murder in Foggy Bottom (2000) 367 copie
Murder at the Opera (2006) 360 copie
Murder at Ford's Theatre (2002) 355 copie
Murder at the FBI (1985) 355 copie
Murder in the House (1997) 332 copie
Murder at Union Station (2004) 314 copie
Murder on K Street (2007) 303 copie
Murder in Havana (2001) 272 copie
Murder inside the Beltway (2008) 263 copie
Bess W. Truman (1986) 253 copie
Monument to Murder (2011) 149 copie
Women of Courage (1976) 69 copie
White House Pets (1969) 13 copie
Heart of War 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Truman Daniel, Mary Margaret
Altri nomi
Truman, Margaret
Daniel, Margaret
Data di nascita
1924-02-17
Data di morte
2008-01-29
Luogo di sepoltura
Truman Library and Museum, Independence, MO, USA
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Independence, Missouri, USA
Luogo di morte
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Luogo di residenza
New York, New York, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Istruzione
George Washington University
Attività lavorative
singer
actor
radio host
pianist
mystery writer
Relazioni
Daniel, Clifton (husband)
Daniel, Clifton Truman (son)
Truman, Harry S. (father)
Organizzazioni
Pi Beta Phi
Breve biografia
Margaret Truman was the daughter of President Harry S Truman and his wife Bess Truman. She graduated from George Washington University with a B.A. in history. She took vocal lessons and performed as a singer on stage, radio, and television until the mid-1950s. In 1956, she married Clifton Daniel, a reporter and then editor of The New York Times, with whom she had four sons. She wrote a number of works on U.S. First Ladies and First Families, including a biography of her father (1973). Later she was the author of a successful series of murder mysteries published from 1980 to 2011.

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I have read a few other of Margaret Truman's mysteries but this second entry in the series had somehow escaped me until now. Well done and now I can cross Washington D.C. off my Read-the-USA mystery challenge :)
 
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leslie.98 | 8 altre recensioni | Jun 27, 2023 |
When the Secretary of State is murdered in the West Wing of the White House, the President appoints Ron Fairbanks, special counsel to the president, to investigate. This was an interesting mystery, full of the political intrigue of Washington, DC. The book was published in 1980, and there were times that something did strike me as a bit dated, but the story itself holds up. Ron is an interesting main protagonist and Truman has real experience with the ins and outs of the Washington political scene (at least during the time when she wrote the book). It looks like the next book in the series has a different main investigator so I am interested to see if there is any link in the series beyond Washington politics.… (altro)
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Cora-R | 18 altre recensioni | May 22, 2023 |
Paul Singletary, brillante clérigo de la Catedral Nacional de Washington, aparece asesinado en una capilla de ésta.
A pesar de sus reticencias, Mack Smith se ve obligado a intervenir en el caso por amistad: Singletary había oficiado, poco antes de su muerte, el matrimonio de Smith.
En su investigación, éste logra descubrir dos importantes derivaciones: la primera, que Singletary era un verdadero Don Juan; la segunda, que la organización pacifista de la que era activo miembro presentaba muchos puntis oscuros.
¿Amor o política?
… (altro)
 
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Natt90 | 6 altre recensioni | Mar 26, 2023 |
I'm not a mystery fan,and this book didn't change that. My bookclub recently read about the author's father, so I thought I would try one of this series.I'm familiar with DC, so the setting worked for me.
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ReluctantTechie | 2 altre recensioni | Dec 4, 2022 |

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Utenti
11,497
Popolarità
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Voto
½ 3.4
Recensioni
150
ISBN
438
Lingue
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