Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck

Description: In Travels with Charley In Search of America, John Steinbeck sets out to personally discover the defining features of America with his French gentlemen poodle Charley. Steinbeck loaded up his beloved truck "Rocinante" and left his home and family behind for nearly three months to search out an answer to his question: What are Americans like today? In Travels with Charley, Steinbeck drives across the country with his French poodle, Charley, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years. Along the way, he reflects on: Racial hostilityThe American CharacterThe decline of farming in America The shift of American jobs from farming to industryThe unexpected kindness of strangers

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Book Title: Travels with Charley in Search of America

Number of Pages: 288 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Topic: American / General, Literary, Essays & Travelogues, United States / General

Item Height: 0.7 in

Publication Year: 1980

Genre: Literary Criticism, Travel, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 5.2 Oz

Item Length: 7.5 in

Author: John Steinbeck

Item Width: 4.2 in

Format: Trade Paperback