LWS June Book Club: 'Travels with Charley' by John Steinbeck

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'Travels with Charley' by John Steinbeck - 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. 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
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. Amazon Link

Book Details
Page Count: 277
Publish Date: July 1962
Audiobook: 7 hours, 58 minutes. Narrated by Gary Sinise

Further Reading and Viewing:
Read: Remembering the San Francisco Journalist Who Interviewed John Steinbeck During Travels with Charley

Location: Mise en Place. Curated wine tasting by Lynn, the owner. $25 per person includes four tastings + light charcuterie bites.