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Travels with Charley in Search of America

by John Steinbeck

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A quest across America, from the northernmost tip of Maine to California’s Monterey Peninsula

To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.

With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines with truckers, encounters bears at Yellowstone and old friends in San Francisco. Along the way he reflects on the American character, racial hostility, the particular form of American loneliness he finds almost everywhere, and the unexpected kindness of strangers.

A pleasant and easy read, full of colorful ribbons of life's experiences. A sobering review of the South in the 60s.

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Categories:

American Memoir Travel Classics Literature Biography History Non-fiction Adventure

Language:

English

Length:

214 pages

Author:

John Steinbeck
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