I just finished “Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure,” about a road trip taken by Harry and Bess Truman in a new Chrysler New Yorker in 1953. It’s one of a handful of books I’ve read on my new Kindle. No, it’s not the Kindle Fire. This one has black and white e-ink — but I like reading books with e-ink lots better than reading them on the iPad. Other than for reading Barron’s and a few other publications, I don’t much like the iPad’s backlighting. (Memo to Apple: next iPad, figure out a way to turn backlighting off, okay?)
“Excellent Adventure,” written by Matthew Algeo, is — as Harry Truman might have said — one helluva read. Think about it — an ex-president with no pension and no Secret Service detail, on a road trip, trying to travel incognito. (Sometimes they were successful; sometimes not.) It’s a very enjoyable read, a return to what used to be called the National Road, or National Pike. Part of it, I used to walk to high school, some of the time.
This week I’m off to Kansas City (well, really, Overland Park, Kan.), where I will attend a two-day OSJ meeting and, separately, attend an investment committee meeting at Ivy Asset Strategy. Hey, I’m pumped.
Have a great week. Write and let me know how you like reading on electronic readers. What is your favorite? My wife has a Kindle Fire and loves it. (She likes backlighting.)
