Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
M.A., Baylor University
B.S., Southwest Baptist University
A.A., Bacone College
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鈥檚 Grandview Farm, (History Press, 2011); Freedom to Serve: Truman, Civil Rights, and EO 9981, (Routledge, 2012); Harry Truman鈥檚 Independence: The Center of the World, (History Press, 2013).