The author of the book is Matthew Algeo. He wrote the book about the experiences the 33rd president and his wife, also some of his own experiences, encountered while they drove from Missouri to Washington DC. As we read the book, one will see that Algeo 's writting style makes it easy to understand what happened and what they went through. He organizes his book in both chronological and topical order. The reader can tell this by the way Algeo tells you the time the Truman 's left and order of the states they drove through, but only talks about one specific state or event in each chapter. He also talks about previous events that he found relative. Well the way he introduce the characters, he gives a bit of background information. He