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Part One. In Part One of Travels with Charley, Steinbeck outlines the purpose of his journey. He states that his main objective in taking his cross-country trip is to reconnect with America. After self-reflection, he reports, "I did not know my own country" (5). Steinbeck felt that much of his knowledge was regional, specific only to major ...
Publisher's summary. A stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade—and a moving elegy for more innocent times. In September 1960, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America, from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Travels with Charley is animated by Steinbeck’s ...
Books. Travels with Charley in Search of America. John Steinbeck. Penguin, Jan 31, 1980 - Travel - 288 pages. An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers 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 ...
Travels with Charley: In Search of America. An intimate journey across and in search of America, as told by one of its most beloved writers, in a deluxe centennial edition In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell of its grass and ...
About Travels with Charley in Search of America. An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers 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.
His new book, Travels with Charley (Viking, $4.95), is a one-man, one-dog account of the expedition in which he recaptures his familiarity with America. He set out with some misgiving, not sure ...
2 de oct. de 2012 · Written during a time of upheaval and racial tension in the South—which Steinbeck witnessed firsthand— Travels with Charley is a stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition also features French flaps and deckle-edged paper.
