Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip by Matthew AlgeoMy review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a case where the cover pulled me in, and I ended up really liking the book. What a great photo - Harry Truman driving himself and his wife around, after his presidency. And that's pretty much the focus of the book - a road trip that the Trumans took the year after Harry stepped down from office. Algeo does a wonderful job giving great details about the trip, who the Trumans saw, where they stayed, etc. - and then following up on it with a road trip of his own, retracing the Trumans' steps and chasing down places and people involved. A great window into the end of another era, where an ex-president could actually have financial issues, and could hop in his car and drive himself across the country.
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2 comments:
and give 'em Heck
Yeah, now they are under some sort of official protection program when they leave office, don't they? Sounds interesting!
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