Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a novel by American author John Steinbeck. It documents the driving trip he took with his poodle Charley around the United States in the 1960s. He wrote that he was moved by a desire to see his country on a personal level, since he made his living writing about it. However, he found that the "new America" did not live up to his expectations.
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