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Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure - The True Story of a Great American Road Trip (Paperback)
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Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure - The True Story of a Great American Road Trip (Paperback)
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List price R543
Loot Price R424
Discovery Miles 4 240
You Save R119 (22%)
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On 19 June 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his
Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president
has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service
protection. No travelling press. Just Harry and his childhood
sweetheart Bess, off to visit old friends, take in a Broadway play,
celebrate their wedding anniversary in the Big Apple, and blow a
bit of the money he'd just received to write his memoirs. Hopefully
incognito. In this lively history, author Matthew Algeo
meticulously details how Truman's plan to blend in went wonderfully
awry. Fellow diners, bellhops, cabbies, squealing teenagers at a
Future Homemakers of America convention, and one very by-the-book
Pennsylvania state trooper all unknowingly conspired to blow his
cover. Algeo revisits the Trumans' route, staying at the same
hotels and eating at the same diners, and takes readers on brief
detours into topics such as the post-war American auto industry,
McCarthyism, the nation's highway system, and the decline of Main
Street America. By the end of the 2,500-mile journey, you will have
a new and heartfelt appreciation for America's last
citizen-president.
General
Imprint: |
Zephyr Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2022 |
First published: |
April 2011 |
Authors: |
Matthew Algeo
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Dimensions: |
230 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-56976-707-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-56976-707-6 |
Barcode: |
9781569767078 |
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