john steinbeck books travels with charley

It seemed to me that a Long Island poodle who had made his devoirs to Sequoia sempervirens or Sequoia gigantea might be set apart from other dogs–might even be like that Galahad who saw the Grail. “But from the start I had withheld from him any information about the giant redwoods. Another section I had forgotten but flagged was about introducing Charley to sequoias and redwoods. I remember a passage about hunting in New England (I think) that had me in stitches. Steinbeck! Dark, depressing Steinbeck! I literally laughed out loud several times as I read this. I’ll even let you in on a secret: the man had a sense of humor. It’s been almost two years since I read this, but I do remember that Steinbeck’s observations, conversations, and chronicles of daily left held me pretty much spellbound. I still don’t forgive him for Lennie and can’t imagine that I ever will, but if we both ignore that, we get along just fine. And looking back through all the passages of this book that I flagged, I realized that I love the way this man writes. I’ve been in denial for a couple of years but I just re-read Grapes and actually liked it. I held a grudge against him for years because of The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, both of which I was forced to read in high school. When did I become a fan of Steinbeck? Because I now have to admit that I am. Will the real Jennifer G please stand up? I seem to have lost myself somewhere along the way. John Steinbeck and his poodle Charley take off in a modified RV for a trip around the country. I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you purchase merchandise through links on my site.

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John steinbeck books travels with charley