Our next book for discussion is Travels with Charley in Search of America, John Steinbeck (1962); Memoir; 224 pages; 10-12 copies available in CAFÉ system with different printing dates and versions.
We will meet on Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Martha Merrell's/Cuddles. Chris offered to present the author's bio. and lead the discussion. Attached are discussion questions that Chris developed and found, as well as Steinbeck's biography. Thanks, Chris!
Book Description
In September 1960, John Steinbeckand his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. A picaresque tale, this chronicle of their trip meanders through scenic backroads and speeds along anonymous superhighways, moving from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Travels with Charley in Search of America 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 cycle of the seasons. 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 in Search of America, originally published in 1962, provides an intimate and personal look at one of America’s most beloved writers in the later years of his life—a self-portrait of a man who never wrote an explicit autobiography. It was written during a time of upheaval and racial tension in the South—which Steinbeck witnessed firsthand—and is a stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade. http://www.amazon.com/Travels-Charley-Search-America-Centennial/dp/0142000701/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books Show More Show Less
Looking forward!
We will meet on Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Martha Merrell's/Cuddles. Chris offered to present the author's bio. and lead the discussion. Attached are discussion questions that Chris developed and found, as well as Steinbeck's biography. Thanks, Chris!
Book Description
In September 1960, John Steinbeckand his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. A picaresque tale, this chronicle of their trip meanders through scenic backroads and speeds along anonymous superhighways, moving from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Travels with Charley in Search of America 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 cycle of the seasons. 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 in Search of America, originally published in 1962, provides an intimate and personal look at one of America’s most beloved writers in the later years of his life—a self-portrait of a man who never wrote an explicit autobiography. It was written during a time of upheaval and racial tension in the South—which Steinbeck witnessed firsthand—and is a stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade. http://www.amazon.com/Travels-Charley-Search-America-Centennial/dp/0142000701/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books Show More Show Less
Looking forward!
