![]() ![]() We find after years of struggle that we not take a trip a trip takes us. 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. ![]() He is a proud dog, vain of his appearance. The poodle is suffused with complex human traits and emotions, many of which Steinbeck cheekily attributes to his French heritage. ![]() And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. By: John Steinbeck Publisher's Summary A stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decadeand a moving elegy for more innocent times. Steinbeck’s traveling companion for his journey, his standard French Poodle Charley, figures prominently in the narrative. ![]() I set this matter down not to instruct others but to inform myself.A journey is a person in itself no two are alike. The sound of a jet, an engine warming up, even the clopping of shod hooves on pavement brings on the ancient shudder, the dry mouth and vacant eye, the hot palms and the churn of stomach high up under the rib cage. Four hoarse blasts of a ships's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping. Travels with Charley (John Steinbeck) 1 Julian De Backer 547 subscribers Subscribe 6 Share 460 views 2 years ago © Steinbeck Family © Blake Smyle and Thomas Steinbeck Show more Show. When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middle age.In middle age I was assured greater age would calm my fever and now that I am fifty-eight perhaps senility will do the job. “When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. ![]()
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