In Search Of America | Travels With Charley

Montana, describing its people as kind and unaffected by the frantic bustle elsewhere. He visited

The Road Back to Rocinante: Rediscovering Steinbeck’s America Travels with Charley in Search of America

Beyond sociology, the book is an intimate self-portrait. Charley served as a "diplomat" to help him connect with strangers and a proxy for Steinbeck's own fears about aging and health. A Legacy of "Creative Nonfiction" Montana, describing its people as kind and unaffected

Steinbeck noted the rise of mobile homes as a symbol of a nation that no longer wanted to be rooted. Travels with Charley in Search of America