Disappointed that on his great trek he didnt come through pittsburgh. The closest he came was erie. I have a vague recollection of reading it, but it made no impression on me. Steinbeck himself, i had to read of mice and men, grapes of wrath. I did not have to read his other major work, cannery row, in high school. But they say are springsteens life was changed when he read grapes of wrath. It gave him a social conscience and he wanted to do work on the working man. It had no effect on me. I was a goldwater boy. Hillary clinton was a goldwater girl in chicago. Almost the same age as i am. It set me off in a whole different direction than bruce springsteen. The book, travels with charley, when did the trip happen for him . On september 23, 1960, after a great deal of preparation, he left his summer home in sag harbor, new york, on long island. The european end of long island. He and charlie set off in his camper van, a pickup truck with a camper almost like a sailboat cabin or a boat ca
A great deal of preparation, he left his summer home in sag harbor, new york, on long island. The european end of long island. He and charlie set off in his camper van, a pickup truck with a camper almost like a sailboat cabin or a boat cabin on top, set into the bed of the pickup truck. We will show it in a minute. He took off on september 23 and headed north the message uses and visited his kid at school near deerfield. Then he made his way up to the top of maine. For some strange reason he thought he had to touch the top of maine first. He found out how big maine is. He worked his way he went to bangor and up to port kent, the top of maine, and drops down. How many days was he on the road . 75, maybe 77 at the most. No one knows for sure. He kept no notes. There were no records, no expense reports i can find or that anybody had. I know when he started Thomas September 23, 1960. I know he was he mailed something from tallahatchie, mississippi december 1960. He was pushing hard to get
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