Dr. Jon Taylor

Education

Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

M.A., Baylor University

B.S., Southwest Baptist University

A.A., Bacone College

Areas of Interest

U.S. History 1877 to 1945, Public History, Historic Preservation, and Missouri History

Taylor is the author of four books on the life, political career, and legacy of Harry Truman.  A President, a Church and Trails West:  Competing Histories in Independence, (University of Missouri Press, 2008); Truman’s Grandview Farm, (History Press, 2011); Freedom to Serve:  Truman, Civil Rights, and EO 9981, (Routledge, 2012); Harry Truman’s Independence:  The Center of the World, (History Press, 2013).