"This Monster Land"
What John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley in Search of America" can still tell us about ourselves
In the fall of 1960, the writer and novelist John Steinbeck set out on a journey across America in a custom-built camper truck with his bleu “old French gentleman poodle” Charley as his only companion. Steinbeck was clear in his own mind about the purpose of his cross-country trip: after spending the better part of twenty-five years outside the United S…
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