Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Travels with Charley is a travelogue from 1962 by the American writer John Steinbeck . Which at almost the age of sixty in his camper "Rocinante" (named after the horse of Don Quixote ) 15000 km by the United States traveling to the early sixties . He does not do this alone, but together with his poodle French descent, Charley. Although his wife in the book only in Chicago (and Texas) visits, but she would have accompanied him for much of his journey.

Along the way he meets many people and gives passing an image of America in the fifties and sixties. The unbridled growth, the malls, the meaning of "Main Street" etc. Philosophical considerations and impersonations characterize this book. Back in his native California, he believes he has found the American identity.

Geert Mak has the same trip again undertaken in 2010; Geert Mak has written his experiences in Travel without John . In Search of America.