Travels with Charley Audio Book Cassettes Unabridged

Travels with Charley
Author: John Steinbeck
Reader: Gary Sinise

First published in 1962, this is a lyrical look back at America the way it used to be, taken from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's travels across America with his French poodle, Charley. These poignant reflections reveal the American character. "Sinise does a grand job giving life to Steinbeck's words... [a] wonderful version of an American treasure."—AudioFile » Read More

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Publish Date: 01/01/1900
ISBN: 9780453008976

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John Steinbeck chronicles his attempts, as he travels from Long Island to California and back, to define what it is to be American. In the end, he concedes failure: it is impossible to generalize about his complicated homeland. However, his experiences add up to a delightful account of an eager and curious human being on the road--and of Charley the aging French poodle, an excellent and civilized companion and a memorable character in his own right.

Author Bio:

Growing up in California, Steinbeck witnessed firsthand the struggles of migrant workers that he wrote about so eloquently in his fiction. He attended Stanford University, studying marine biology but never finishing his degree. All his fiction deals with the plight of the common man and his outrage at injustice and oppression. He is best remembered for THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1939), which led to much-needed agricultural reform and has been compared to UNCLE TOM'S CABIN in terms of its impact. In addition to writing novels, Steinbeck was also a successful screenwriter. Despite the strong sense of place in his California fiction, he lived toward the end of his life in New York City, saying, "If you have lived in New York, no place else is good enough." He was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1962.

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