Octavo, vii, 241pp. Black cloth, title in red on spine and front cover. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, internally clean. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, closed tear along front panel, light shelf wear, a very good example. (Burns, 0080) Signed by Harry S. Truman on the front free endpaper. A scarce title to find signed by President Truman. William Helm, the author of Harry Truman: A Political Biography, was the Washington correspondent for the Kansas City Journal-Post. He had a long association with Senator Truman and continued to cover his career after he ascended to the Vice Presidency. This work focuses mainly on Harry Truman's time as a Senator. Truman noted that this account of his early years was "not very accurate."