Books & Banter

This month we will be reading "Travels with Charley: in Search of America" by John Steinbeck.

To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.

With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines with truckers, encounters bears at Yellowstone and old friends in San Francisco. Along the way he reflects on the American character, racial hostility, the particular form of American loneliness he finds almost everywhere, and  the unexpected kindness of strangers.

How it Works?

Books & Banter meets monthly at 5:30pm. Books will be available at the library circulation desk one month prior to the meeting date. If you would like an alternative format (large print, audio CD), please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate your request.

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