Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip

Author:   Matthew Algeo
Publisher:   Zephyr Press
ISBN:  

9781569767078


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 April 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Matthew Algeo
Publisher:   Zephyr Press
Imprint:   Zephyr Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9781569767078


ISBN 10:   1569767076
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 April 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Algeo chronicles this unlikely excursion in great and wonderful detail. . . . [An] enchanting glimpse into a much simpler age. -- Library Journal


"""One of the Best Books of the Year."" -- Washington Post ""An engaging account ... Well-researched."" -- Wall Street Journal ""Now, this is what's called a road trip."" -- In Transit , New York Times travel blog ""Matthew Algeo recalls [my grandparents'] memorable trip beautifully and with the sense of humor it deserves."" -- Clifton Truman Daniel , grandson of Harry S. Truman "" Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure resonates Aaron Copeland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man'--brassy, bright, energetic, brief and declaratively American."" -- Washington Times ""Enlivened by Algeo""s endeavors to see the places where Truman stopped, this is an engaging historical sidebar."" -- Booklist Online ""Algeo chronicles this unlikely excursion in great and wonderful detail... [An] enchanting glimpse into a much simpler age."" -- Library Journal ""An absolutely wonderful book."" -- Virginian-Pilot"


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Matthew Algeo is an award-winning journalist who has reported from three continents for public radio's All Things Considered, Marketplace, and Morning Edition. He is the author of The President Is a Sick Man and Last Team Standing.

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