Travels with Charley in Search of America
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Rating | : | 4.15 (868 Votes) |
Asin | : | B0055WXSQ6 |
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Number of Pages | : | 117 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-09-04 |
Language | : | English |
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Rychefan said Remeber those days?!?!. It's Steinbeck!!! How bad could it be?!?!First, I am no self-proclaimed book reviewer, like a lot claim to be. I am just an avid reader that has particular tastes. Steinbeck is one of my all-time favorite writers and "Travels With Charley" did not dissappoint. . "A Different Take After a First Read A Different Take After a First Read 40 Years Ago Fogerty Fanatic 40 years ago I had a high school English teacher who felt that John Steinbeck was the greatest American author ever to set pen to paper. I read Grapes of Wrath (outstanding!), Of Mice and Men (heartbreakingly tragic) and Travels with Charley (at the time, dull . 0 Years Ago" according to Fogerty Fanatic. A Different Take After a First Read 40 Years Ago Fogerty Fanatic 40 years ago I had a high school English teacher who felt that John Steinbeck was the greatest American author ever to set pen to paper. I read Grapes of Wrath (outstanding!), Of Mice and Men (heartbreakingly tragic) and Travels with Charley (at the time, dull . 0 years ago I had a high school English teacher who felt that John Steinbeck was the greatest American author ever to set pen to paper. I read Grapes of Wrath (outstanding!), Of Mice and Men (heartbreakingly tragic) and Travels with Charley (at the time, dull . "Read about the journey we would all love to take." according to Old Mountain Biker. Being well aware of the recent challenges of the historical authenticity of the writings of the book, I plunged into this travelogue with the same fascination of reading Mr. Steinbeck’s other books. It presents itself as an intriguing look of America in t
His keen ear for the transactions among people is evident, too, as he records the interests and obsessions that preoccupy the Americans he encounters along the way.. Travels with Charley is animated by Steinbeck's attention to the specific details of the natural world and his sense of how the lives of people are intimately connected to the rhythms of nature-to weather, geography, the cycles of the seasons. In September 1960, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America, from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. A stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade-and a moving elegy for more innocent times