Travels with Charley
Subtitle: in search of America
By: John Steinbeck ; with an introduction by Jay Parini.
Series: Penguin twentieth-century classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Travel -- United States; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; United States -- Description and travel
Genres: Biography.
Description: In September 1960, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. A picaresque tale, this chronicle of their trip meanders along scenic backroads and speeds along anonymous superhighways, moving from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases.

Travels with Charley is animated by Steinbeck's attention to the specific details of the natural world and his sense of how the lives of people are intimately connected to the rhythms of nature - to weather, geography, the cycles of the seasons. His keen ear for the transactions among people is evident, too, as he records the interests and obsessions that preoccupy the Americans he encounters along the way.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiii]).