In America : travels with John Steinbeck
Mak, Geert, author2014
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In 1960 John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green GMC pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and cities from New York to New Orleans. The truck was named Rocinante after Don Quixote's horse, and Steinbeck was Cervantes' foolhardy knight. America was looking to the future, full of optimism and desperate to leave behind the troubles of the past; Steinbeck, great chronicler of the ordinary working man, was starting to feel out of touch. Half a century on, Geert Mak sets off from Steinbeck's home in his own Rocinante, with his wife and his sat-nav Sandy.
Main title:
In America : travels with John Steinbeck / Geert Mak ; translated from the Dutch by Liz Waters.
Author:
Mak, Geert, author, authorWaters, Liz, translator
Imprint:
London : Harvill Secker, 2014.London : Harvill Secker, 2014.
Collation:
550 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Dutch.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846557026 (hbk)
Dewey class:
917.304932917.3049917.304932 MAK
Language:
EnglishDutch
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BRN:
1664301