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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. 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. Review“Pure delight, a pungent potpourri of places and people interspersed with bittersweet essays on everything from the emotional difficulties of growing old to the reasons why giant sequoias arouse such awe.” — The New York Times Book Review “Profound, sympathetic, often angry . . . an honest moving book by one of our great writers.” — The San Francisco Examiner “This is superior Steinbeck—a muscular, evocative report of a journey of rediscovery.” — John Barkham, Saturday Review Syndicate “The eager,

Who reads Travels with Charley : in search of America?

Author

John Steinbeck; Jay Parini

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published

1980

Language

EN

ISBN

9781436242233

Category

reference

Subjects

Memoir, History, Travel

Rating

4.07 / 5 (1,725 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14