It was written during a time of upheaval and racial tension in the South-which Steinbeck witnessed firsthand-and is a stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade.Īudible - Audiobook (downloadable format)Įmusic.

Travels with Charley in Search of America, originally published in 1962, provides an intimate and personal look at one of America’s most beloved writers in the later years of his life-a self-portrait of a man who never wrote an explicit autobiography. Steinbeck wrote that he was moved by a desire to see his country on a personal level because he made his living writing. It depicts a 1960 road trip around the United States made by Steinbeck, in the company of his standard poodle Charley.

But this is simple good manners anywhere in the world. Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a 1962 travelogue written by American author John Steinbeck. A direct or personal question is out of bounds. 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. Travels with Charley Quotes 20 of the best book quotes from Travels with Charley 01 Share There’s a gentility on the road. Travels with Charley in Search of America 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 cycle of the seasons. A picaresque tale, this chronicle of their trip meanders through scenic backroads and speeds along anonymous superhighways, moving from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. In September 1960, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a novelistic travelogue written by American writer John Steinbeck, published in 1962.

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