![]() ![]() He tries to cut through Canada, but he gets into a kerfuffle at the border because Charley doesn't have his proof of rabies vaccination, so he has to turn around. Then he comes back down out of New England and heads west, crossing through New York. Also, he kind of takes the temperature of regional "temperaments" along the way. Along the way, he meets a pretty colorful group of characters and learns about their ways of life and their perspectives on the country and its politics. He starts out by driving over into Connecticut from his home in Long Island (with some assists from ferries, natch) and then heads north into New England. He calls the truck "Rocinante" after Don Quixote's horse-clever, huh? When he's all set (and after a small run-in with a hurricane just before he was supposed to leave), he and Charley (his French poodle) hit the road. ![]() To get all prepped, he commissions a souped-up truck with a little house on the back that he can live in when he isn't crashing at hotels. to check it out and get a sense of where Americans and their hometowns are at in 1960. ![]() ![]() Because he's feeling pretty out of touch with his own country-and he's considered a great American author and all that-John Steinbeck decides to take a road trip around the U.S. ![]()
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