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Reading Club maps Steinbeck trek in Travels With Charley
Mrs Jeanne Staples guides a Reading Club along John Steinbeck's 10 000 mile road trip in Travels With Charley with notes on his Rocinante camper and his background Born in Salinas County California in 1902 he studied at Stanford University but did not graduate He worked as reporter and hod carrier in New York and served as a war correspondent in World War II The piece praises Grapes of Wrath and the travelogue style noting Steinbeck's focus on people and country rather than monuments It ends with a friendly invite to readers to enjoy the book
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Stanford University
New York
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Honey
Russell Honey
Durham
Northumberland
Pierre Trudeau