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Travels With Charley In Search Of America (Penguin Twentiethcentury Classics)
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An Intimate Journey Across America, As Told By One Of Its Most Beloved Writersa Penguin Classicin September 1960, John Steinbeck Embarked On A Journey Across America. He Felt That He Might Have Lost Touch With The Country, With Its Speech, The Smell Of Its Grass And Trees, Its Color And Quality Of Light, The Pulse Of Its People. To Reassure Himself, He Set Out On A Voyage Of Rediscovery Of The American Identity, Accompanied By A Distinguished French Poodle Named Charley; And Riding In A Threequarterton Pickup Truck Named Rocinante.His Course Took Him Through Almost Forty States: Northward From Long Island To Maine; Through The Midwest To Chicago; Onward By Way Of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana (With Which He Fell In Love), And Idaho To Seattle, South To San Francisco And His Birthplace, Salinas; Eastward Through The Mojave, New Mexico, Arizona, To The Vast Hospitality Of Texas, To New Orleans And A Shocking Drama Of Desegregation; Finally, On The Last Leg, Through Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, And New Jersey To New York.Travels With Charley In Search Of America Is An Intimate Look At One Of America'S Most Beloved Writers In The Later Years Of His Lifea Selfportrait Of A Man Who Never Wrote An Explicit Autobiography. Written During A Time Of Upheaval And Racial Tension In The Southwhich Steinbeck Witnessed Firsthandtravels With Charley Is A Stunning Evocation Of America On The Eve Of A Tumultuous Decade. This Penguin Classics Edition Includes An Introduction By Jay Parini.For More Than Seventy Years, Penguin Has Been The Leading Publisher Of Classic Literature In The Englishspeaking World. With More Than 1,700 Titles, Penguin Classics Represents A Global Bookshelf Of The Best Works Throughout History And Across Genres And Disciplines. Readers Trust The Series To Provide Authoritative Texts Enhanced By Introductions And Notes By Distinguished Scholars And Contemporary Authors, As Well As Uptodate Translations By Awardwinning Translators.
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