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

Provides a history of Harry and Bess Truman's 2,5000-mile automobile journey from Missouri to New York, a trip begun on June 19, 1953 with no Secret Service protection and no travelling press.

\Matthew Algeo is a public radio reporter. His first book, Last Team Standing: How the Steelers and the Eagles—"The Steagles"—Saved Pro Football During World War II, won the 2006 Nelson Ross Award for best pro football historiography. For more information, visit www.trumanroadtrip.com.

Washington, D.C., Inauguration Day, 1953 — Independence, Missouri, winter and spring, 1953 — Hannibal, Missouri, June 19, 1953 — Decatur, Illinois, June 19-20, 1953 — Indianapolis, Indiana, June 20, 1953 — Wheeling, West Virginia, June 20-21, 1953 — Frostburg, Maryland, June 21, 1953 — Washington, D.C., June 21-26, 1953 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 26-27, 1953 — New York, New York, June 27-July 5, 1953 — Pennsylvania (or, abducted), July 5-6, 1953 — Columbus, Ohio, July 6-7, 1953 — Richmond, Indiana, July 7, 1953 — Indianapolis, Indiana, July 7-8, 1953 — St. Louis, Missouri, July 8, 1953.