Fried, Albert, ed. McCarthyism: The Great American Red Scare: A Documentary History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Frost, Stanley. “The Klan Shows Its Hand in Indiana.” The Outlook, June 4, 1924.
Garrison, Chad. “Schneithorst Helps Family Business Evolve.” St. Louis Business Journal, January 17, 2003. (Retrieved from http://stlouis.biz-journals.com/stlouis/stories/2003/01/20/focus7.html.)
Geselbracht, Raymond H. “Celebrating the Harry S. Truman Library: The First Fifty Years.” The Public Historian, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3 (Summer 2006).
Goode, James F. The United States and Iran: In the Shadow of Musaddiq. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
Goodman, Rachel Ann. “The Very First Motel.” The Savvy Traveler, Public Radio International, July 28, 2000. (Retrieved from http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/show/features/2000/20000728/motel.shtml.)
Graebner, William. A History of Retirement: The Meaning and Function of an American Institution, 1885–1978. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1980.
“The Great Plains Drain.” The Economist, January 19, 2008.
Greene, Bob. Fraternity: A Journey in Search of Five Presidents. New York: Crown Publishers, 2004.
Guillory, Dan. Decatur. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004.
Hackes, Peter. “They Left the White House Broke.” Parade, February 22, 1959.
Halberstam, David. The Fifties. New York: Fawcett Books, 1993.
Hamburger, Philip. “Good of You to Do This for Us, Mr. Truman.” The New Yorker, November 19, 1955.
Hamby, Alonzo L. Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Hepburn, Andrew. A Complete Guide to New York City, Including Westchester County and Long Island. New York: Travel Enterprises, 1952.
Hepburn, Andrew. The American Travel Series: Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland. New York: Travel Enterprises, 1953.
Hinckley, Jim, and Jon G. Robinson. The Big Book of Car Culture: The Armchair Guide to Automotive Americana. St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks, 2005.
Horgan, James J. City of Flight: The History of Aviation in St. Louis. Gerald, MO: Patrice Press, 1984.
Ierley, Merritt. Traveling the National Road: Across the Centuries on America’s First Highway. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1990.
Jacoby, Jeff. “Harry Truman’s Obsolete Integrity.” International Herald Tribune, March 2, 2007. (Retrieved from www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/02/opinion/edjacoby.php.)
Jakle, John A., Keith A. Sculle, and Jefferson S. Rogers. The Motel in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Jenkins, Roy. Truman. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
Johnson, Clarence A. “Truman Works Long Hours in Role of Ordinary Citizen.” Atlanta Journal and Constitution, May 31, 1953.
Johnson, Niel M. “Truman and the Trails.” Overland Journal, Vol. VI, No. 2 (1988).
Johnson, Richard A. “The Outsider.” Invention & Technology, Summer 2007. (Retrieved from www.americanheritage.com/people/articles/web/20070716-robert-mcnamara-ford-motor-company-vietnam-thunderbird-edsel-whiz-kids-henry-ford-II.shtml.)
Jordan, Philip D. The National Road. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1948.
Joseph, Gar. “Youngblood’s Assault on Negro Mountain.” Philadelphia Daily News, July 13, 2007.
Kennedy, Janice. “Fame and Infamy at Mayflower Hotel.” Windsor (Ontario) Star, May 3, 2008. (Retrieved from www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/travel/story.html?id=5f99afae-e467-4a15-b942-0546efe00ec1.)
Kennedy, Rick. Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994.
Kershaw, Sarah, and Michael Powell. “Just a Hotel? For Some, It’s an Adventure.” New York Times, March 20, 2008.
Kirkendall, Richard S. The Harry S. Truman Encyclopedia. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1989.
Knestrick, Ray E. Old Buildings on Main Street, Washington, Pa. Washington, PA: Observer-Reporter, 1975.
Knight, Amy W. How the Cold War Began: The Igor Gouzenko Affair and the Hunt for Soviet Spies. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2005.
Leviero, Anthony. “Behind the Door Marked ‘Harry S. Truman.'” New York Times Sunday Magazine, August 16, 1953.
Lubove, Roy. The Struggle for Social Security, 1900–1935. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986.
Lutholtz, M. William. Grand Dragon: D. C. Stephenson and the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1991.
Margolies, John. Home Away from Home: Motels in America. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995.
McCullough, David. Truman. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
McDermott, Kevin. “Decatur, Down and Out.” Illinois Issues, November 2001. (Retrieved from http://illinoisissues-archive.uis.edu/features/2001nov/decatur.html.)
Meisler, Stanley. United Nations: The First Fifty Years. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995.
Melanson, Philip H. The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2002.
“The Missouri Traveler.” Time, June 29, 1953.
“Mr. Truman.” The New Yorker, July 11, 1953.
Model, F. Peter. “The United Nations at 50: The Zeckendorf Connection.” Real Estate Weekly, November 1, 1995. (Retrieved from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_n13_v42/ai_18530577.)
Morris, Jan. Coast to Coast: A Journey Across 1950s America. San Francisco: Travelers’ Tales, 2002.
Mui, Ylan Q. “A Hotel Boosted by a Bedtime Story.” Washington Post, April 3, 2008.
Murphy, Ryan G. “The History of Retirement.” Investment Advisor, April 2006. (Retrieved from www.investmentadvisor.com/article.php?article=6193.)
Neal, Steve. Harry and Ike: The Partnership That Remade the Postwar World. New York: Scribner, 2001.
Okrant, Mark J. Sleeping Alongside the Road: Recollections by Patrons and the Owners of Motels in That Era When Motels Were Americans’ First Choice. Manchester, NH: Oak Manor Publishing, 2006.
Ortega, Bob. In Sam We Trust: The Untold Story of Sam Walton, and How Wal-Mart Is Devouring America. New York: Times Business, 1998.
O’Sullivan, Christopher D. The United Nations: A Concise History. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2005.
“Outside Looking In.” Time, July 6, 1953.
Parker, Vern. “1953 New Yorker Deluxe Almost Got Away.” Washington Times, October 21, 2005.
Pemberton, William E. Harry S. Truman: Fair Dealer and Cold Warrior. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1989.
Pennsylvania State Police Historical, Educational & Memorial Center. The Pennsylvania State Police: A History of the First Uniformed Organization of Its Kind in the Nation, 1905–2005. Hershey, PA: Pennsylvania State Police Historical, Educational & Memorial Center, 2005.
Pett, Saul. “Leaving White House No Jolt to ‘Mr. Average Man’ Truman.” Sunday Oregonian (Portland, OR), August 27, 1961.
Phillips, Cabell. The Truman Presidency: The History of a Triumphant Succession. New York: Macmillan, 1966.
Poen, Monte M., ed. Letters Home by Harry Truman. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1984.
Raitz, Karl, ed. A Guide to the National Road. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Reams Jr., Bernard D., and Paul E. Wilson, eds. Segregation and the Fourteenth Amendment in the States: A Survey of State Segregation Laws, 1865–1953. Buffalo, NY: W. S. Hein, 1975.
Risen, James. “Secrets of History: The C.I.A. in Iran.” New York Times Web site. www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-ciaindex.html (retrieved July 5, 2008).
Robbins, Charles. The Last of His Kind: An Informal Portrait of Harry S. Truman. New York: William Morrow, 1979.
Robbins, Jhan. Bess & Harry: An American Love Story. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1980.
Roberts, Marcia. Looking Back and Seeing the Future: The United States Secret Service, 1865–1990. Des Moines, IA: Association of Former Agents of the United States Secret Service, 1991.
/> Robertson, Tom. Frostburg, Maryland. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002.
Rose, Lisle A. The Cold War Comes to Main Street: America in 1950. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1999.
Rugh, Susan Sessions. Are We There Yet? The Golden Age of American Family Vacations. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2008.
Sand, G. W. Truman in Retirement: A Former President Views the Nation & the World. South Bend, IN: Justice Books, 1993.
Sandler, Neal. “Memories of a Gas Station Owner.” Frederick (MD) Post, June 2, 1975.
Schofield, Matthew. “Some Say Truman the Driver Was a Hit.” Kansas City Star, September 22, 1985.
Sheeley, Rachel E. “Remembering Truman.” Richmond (IN) Palladium-Item, July 8, 2003.
Sherrod, Robert. “A Day in a Former President’s Busy Life.” Saturday Evening Post, June 13, 1964.
Singer, Mark. “Town on a String.” The New Yorker, October 30, 2000.
Skidmore, Max J. After the White House: Former Presidents as Private Citizens. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Smith, Stephanie. “Former Presidents: Federal Expenditures for Pensions, Office Allowances, and Protection.” Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, June 5, 2007.
Sparks, Glen. “Old Bavaria Meets Modern Commerce.” St. Louis Commerce Magazine, August 2004. (Retrieved from www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/august2004/bavaria.html.)
Stewart, George. U.S. 40: Cross Section of the United States of America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1953.
Stone, Martin. “Could Truman Pay His Bills?” New York Times, August 5, 1989.
Stover, Dawn. “50 Years After Roswell.” Popular Science, June 1997.
terHorst, J. F., and Ralph Albertazzie. The Flying White House: The Story of Air Force One. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979.
Theoharis, Athan. Seeds of Repression: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of McCarthyism. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1971.
Thomas, Robert D., ed. Columbus Unforgettables: A Collection of Columbus Yesterdays and Todays. Columbus, OH: Robert D. Thomas, 1983.
Tishler, Hace. Self-Reliance and Social Security, 1870–1917. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1971.
Truett, Randle. The Washington Pocket Guide. New York: Hastings House, 1953.
Truman, Harry S. Memoirs. Vol. I: Year of Decisions. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955.
Truman, Harry S. Memoirs. Vol. II: Years of Trial and Hope. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1956.
Truman, Harry S. “Mr. Citizen.” The American Weekly, September 20 and 27, October 4, 11, and 18, 1953.
Truman, Harry S. Mr. Citizen. New York: Geis Associates, 1960.
Truman, Harry S. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Harry S. Truman. Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, April 12 to December 31, 1945. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961.
Truman, Harry S. Truman Speaks. New York: Columbia University Press, 1960.
Truman, Margaret. Bess W. Truman. New York: Macmillan, 1986.
Truman, Margaret. Harry S. Truman. New York: William Morrow, 1972.
Truman, Margaret, ed. Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman. New York: Warner Books, 1989.
Tyarks, Fredric. Harian’s American Travel Guide: Where to Find the Best in the U.S., Canada & Mexico. Greenlawn, NY: Harian Publications, 1953.
U.S. Department of Transportation. America’s Highways, 1776–1976: A History of the Federal-Aid Program. Washington: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1976.
U.S. Department of Transportation. Roads to Serve the Nation: The Story of Road Development in the United States. Washington: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1988 or 1989.
Updegrove, Mark K. Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House. Guilford, CN: Lyons Press, 2006.
Walch, Timothy, and Dwight M. Miller, eds. Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman: A Documentary History. Worland, WY: High Plains Publishing Company, 1992.
Weber, Ralph E., ed. Talking with Harry: Candid Conversations with President Harry S. Truman. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 2001.
Weingroff, Richard F. “From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System.” Federal Highway Administration Web site. www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/numbers.htm (retrieved July 5, 2008).
Weingroff, Richard F. “The Man Who Loved Roads.” Public Roads, Vol. LXV, No. 6 (May/June 2002). (Retrieved from www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/02may/08.htm.)
Whitman, Arthur. “Take a Tip from Harry: ‘Wake Up and Walk!'” This Week, June 4, 1961.
Woods, Edward F. “Harry Truman, Private Citizen.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 1, 1953.
Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri. Missouri: A Guide to the “Show Me” State. New York: Hastings House, 1954.
Wynn, Anita. “The Story of Nemesis and Negro Mountain.” Anthropology News, October 2006.
Yenne, Bill. UFO: Evaluating the Evidence. Glasgow, Scotland: Saraband, 2007.
Index
Italicized page numbers denote photographs
A. E. Staley (company), 67
Abbott, George, 155
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, 59–60, 213
Acheson, Dean
college roommate of Cole Porter, 144
tributes to Truman, 121–22
Truman correspondence to, 219
with Truman in Washington, 116
Truman’s last day as president, 13
Adams, Edith, 155
Adams, John, 224
Adams, John Quincy, 11
African American music, 195–96
African Americans, 44–46, 90, 96–97, 134, 194
Air Force One, 189, 190
Albertazzie, Ralph, 187
Allen, Lewis, 69
American Airlines, 188
American Legion convention, 138
American Road Builders Association, 49
Amidon, Edna, 183
Anan, Kofi, 164
Anderson, Charles Arthur, 212
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, 120
Anti-Defamation League, 199
Archer Daniels Midland, 67
Architectural Record, The, 63
Armstrong, Louis, 197
Arnold, Kenneth, 174–75
Astor, John Jacob, IV, 151
Astor, William Waldorf, 151
Automobile Club of New York, 165
automobiles
air-conditioning in, 40
of Chrysler collectors, 30–33
death statistics due to, 36–37
driving accidents and safety issues, 37, 41–42, 82, 171
first cross-country trip in, 87
fuel efficiency, 61
growth of industry, 89
1917 cost of, 89
postwar demand and production statistics, 90
of Truman, 26–30, 27, 28, 32, 39–40, 40, 219, 233–38, 237
WWII rationing of, 90
“Barbara Frietchie” (Whittier), 110
Barker, Warren, 154
Barrow, Clyde, 63
Barry, Marion, 114–15
Bastian, Bob, 97
Baton Rouge bus boycott, 45–47
Baughman, U. E., 36, 37
Beasley, Fred, 182
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, 134, 138–39
Berlin, Irving, 64
Berliner, Emile, 196
Bernstein, Leonard, 154
Beveridge, Mark, 29–30
Blair, Frank, 157
Blauvelt, James, 150–51
Bliss, Henry, 36
book contracts, 25–26, 54. See also memoirs
Bourbon, Illinois, 76
Bouvier, Jacqueline Lee, 126
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip Page 24