Join us in the Passport Book Club.\, Tuesd ay\, October 20 at 12 noon.
\nIn September 1960\, John Steinbeck emb
arked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch w
ith the country\, with its speech\, the smell of its grass and trees\, its
color and quality of light\, the pulse of its people. To reassure himself
\, he set out on a voyage of rediscovery of the American identity\, accomp
anied by a distinguished French poodle named Charley\; and riding in a thr
ee-quarter-ton pickup truck named Rocinante.
\;
His course
took him through almost forty states: northward from Long Island to Maine\
; through the Midwest to Chicago\; onward by way of Minnesota\, North Dako
ta\, Montana (with which he fell in love)\, and Idaho to Seattle\, south t
o San Francisco and his birthplace\, Salinas\; eastward through the Mojave
\, New Mexico\, Arizona\, to the vast hospitality of Texas\, to New Orlean
s and a shocking drama of desegregation\; finally\, on the last leg\, thro
ugh Alabama\, Virginia\, Pennsylvania\, and New Jersey to New York.
If you have any questions\, please contact Rosary .
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