description: A quest across America, from the northernmost tip of Maine to California’s Monterey PeninsulaTo 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.
language: English
title: Travels with Charley in search of America
titlecomplete: Travels with Charley in search of America
characters: John Steinbeck, Charley (Travels with Charley)
genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Literature, History, Classics, Memoir, Biography Memoir, Adventure, Biography, American
ratings_count: 91579
places: San Francisco, California, California, Yellowstone National Park
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Long Island Reads
publisher: William Heinemann (London)