The writing is pure Steinbeck: incredibly descriptive, equally funny, and intelligently perceptive. He made his way home through the deep South where he witnessed white New Orleans women furious with desegregation horribly and tragically harassing six-year-old Ruby Bridges as she made her way into her new school. Recurrent themes include exposure to regional views on world politics, the undercurrent of racism, and the impact of advancing technology. Steinbeck started from his home in Long Island, NY, headed north to New England, across the northern United States through the Midwest into Montana, further west into the Pacific Northwest, and then down south to his native Salinas in Monterey County, California. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. A bit of a memoir, his travelogue provides a great insight into the mind of one of America's most celebrated authors and into the mindset of fellow Americans he met along the way. Travels with Charley in Search of America - Kindle edition by Steinbeck, John, Parini, Jay. This was a quest - a chance to get back in touch with America's breadth of landscapes and cultures, and an opportunity to rediscover some of himself along the way. In 1960, John Steinbeck took off on a 10,000-mile road trip across the country, accompanied by his noble French poodle Charley, traveling in a specially designed camper called Rocinante named after Don Quixote's horse.
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