Travels with Charley (Paperback)
Jay Parini
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From AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 22, 2007
About this Item
Paperback. A witty, incisive classic of road-trip literature, from one of the great champions and critics of the American identity'Delightful. This is a book to be read slowly for its savor.' The AtlanticIn 1960, John Steinbeck set out in his pick-up truck with his dog Charley to rediscover and chronicle his native USA, from Maine to California.He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of the American people. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks and highways to large cities and glorious wildernesses, Steinbeck observed - with remarkable honesty, insight and a humorous eye - the gamut of America and the people who inhabited it.His 10,000-mile journey took him through almost forty states, where he saw things that made him proud, angry, sympathetic and elated. A rugged and passionate adventure of self-identity, Steinbeck's vision of the changing world still speaks to us prophetically through the decades. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks and highways to large cities and glorious wildernesses, the author observed America, and the Americans who inhabited it. What he saw was a lonely, generous nation too packed with individuals for single judgements; what he saw made him proud, angry, sympathetic and elated. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780141186108
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Title: Travels with Charley (Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new
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