Travels with Charley: In Search of America (The Folio Society)

London: The Folio Society, 2004. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0x0x0. Holder, John. First thus (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1208). Includes publisher's slipcase. Slipcase lightly scuffed, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2004 Hard Cover. xxv, [3], 240, [3] pp. Introduction by Jay Parini, black-and-white frontispiece, full-page illustrations, and chapter footers from drawings by John Holder. A travelogue by the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. "With his dog Charley, John Steinbeck set out in his truck to explore and experience America in the 1960s. As he talked with all kinds of people, he sadly noted the passing of region speech, fell in love with Montana, and was appalled by racism in New Orleans.