In 1960, when John Steinbeck was 58 years old, ill with the heart disease which was to kill him eight years later and rather discontented with life, he decided to embark on a road trip around the United States in a fitted-out pick-up truck, accompanied by his standard French poodle, Charley. Steinb...
Charley is John Steinbeck’s poodle. This book is about his road trip across America.It became one of my favorites by page nine. Even if you have no interest in seeing America in the 1960’s you should still read this book. Just the clever wit and gentle prose alone makes it a welcomed journey.Near...
2/2/11 ** The continuing quest to expand my reading habits. I heard a fascinating series on BBC's arts and entertainment program, The Strand. They recreated Steinbeck's journey, visiting many of the same spots that he went to 50 years ago. This time the producers talked with local artists to give...
I admit it, I probably would have never picked this one up on my own, so when it came into my hands, I wasn't sure I'd like it. I think "non-fiction" and I think "dry, boring, insomnia-cure". But boy, was I pleasantly surprised to be wrong about this one! It was not dry or difficult to read or borin...
I haven’t read Steinbeck since it was required reading in high school, so when this showed at my doorstep thanks to a friend I was admittedly a little apprehensive. I’m not even going into my fear of dry, boring non-fiction. After reading the blurb and some of my friends’ earlier comments I decided ...
If I was just starting to read Steinbeck, I certainly would not start with this book. However, for those who are familiar with his novels, travels With Charlie will give you some good insights on the author as well as a realistic look at mid 20th century America.
this was a hard one for me to rate, because there are parts of this book that i really enjoyed, and then parts that i really wasn't that into. and i'm biased, because steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. that said, this is not a novel but an accounting of a drive he took across america, to rea...
First read: I started this book with tremendous expectations, I admit. But there is something terribly disappointing about reading a book by an author you admire in which he laments the difficulties ...
Steinbeck put a house on a pickup, left the wife behind in their Long Island home and traveled the nation for several months. This is his tale of that experience. I found many quotables here, and I guess one should expect that when the traveler’s name is Steinbeck. In a book of about two hundred pag...
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