Travels with Charley
- 262
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Travels with Charley” is Steinbeck at his most conversational: a road trip across America with a poodle, told with wit and no shortage of opinions. The unease of a man watching his country change runs through the journey and still reads as current. Charley has won over even some readers who are not fond of dogs. Others finish the book unmoved, remembering little beyond the trip itself.
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About the book
Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a 1962 travelogue written by American author John Steinbeck. It depicts a 1960 road trip around the United States made by Steinbeck, in the company of his standard poodle Charley. Steinbeck wrote that he was moved by a desire to see his country because he made his living writing about it. He wrote of having many questions going into his journey, the main one being "What are Americans like today?" However, he found that he had concerns about much of the "new America" he saw.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 193 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 57% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 18 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 175 | 91% |
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