![]() ![]() ![]() This is a book to be read slowly for its savor. In Travels with Charley, Steinbeck is quite vocal about Americas destruction of its land and natural resources, lamenting that there are 'chemical wastes in the rivers, metal wastes everywhere, and atomic wastes buried deep in the earth or sunk in the sea' (26). A rugged and passionate adventure of self-identity, Steinbeck's vision of the changing world still speaks to us prophetically through the decades. En 1960, Steinbeck, acompañado por su perro Charley, recorrió más de 16. The author wrote the book upon realizing he had a desire to see his country face-to-face, so-to-speak. author John Steinbeck as a travelogue on a 1960 road trip throughout America made by him and his standard poodle, Charley. Pero, aparte de eso, llevaba veinticinco años sin sentir el país.». Travels with Charley: In Search of America was written by U.S. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for. Sabía de los cambios sólo por los libros y los periódicos. His 10,000-mile journey took him through almost forty states, where he saw things that made him proud, angry, sympathetic and elated. All about John Steinbeck: Travels with Charley and Later Novels 1947-1962 by John Steinbeck. 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. He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of the American people. In 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. ![]()
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