A cute and charming account of Harry's road trip to the East after he relinquished the Presidency. I'd read McCullough's epic biography of Truman and enjoyed it but Algeo comes up with a few things I'd forgotten or that weren't mentioned; like the S in Truman's last name stood for really nothing ...
During World War II, the National Football League faced a crisis unimaginable today: a shortage of players. By 1943, so many players were in the armed forces that the league was forced to fold one team (the Cleveland Rams) and merge two others: the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles....
The nearest town was miniscule Holly Ridge, which the troops nicknamed Boom Town: “Boom, you’re in and boom, you’re out!” Thompson had enlisted in the Army the previous October, motivated by patriotism as well as by his thirst for adventure. The war also appealed to his competitive spirit. It was...