TY - SOUND AU - Steinbeck,John AU - Sinise,Gary TI - Travels with Charley in search of America T2 - Penguin classics SN - 9780142429198 AV - E169.Z8 S83 2011ab U1 - 818/.5203B 23 PY - 2011///], p1994 CY - New York PB - Penguin HighBridge Audio KW - Steinbeck, John, KW - United States KW - Description and travel KW - Audiobooks KW - lcgft N1 - Unabridged; Title from container; Compact discs; Duration: ca. 8:00:00; Read by Gary Sinise N2 - Author John Steinbeck was 58 when he set out to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years. With his elderly French poodle, Charley, he embarked on a quest across America, from the northermost tip of Maine to California's Monterey Peninsula. Traveling the interstates and the country roads, they stopped to smell America: trucker and strangers, old friends and new acquaintances. Steinbeck's poignant, perceptive reflections reveal the American character: a blend of unexpected kindnesses and racial hostilities, loneliness and humor ER -