June 2, 2009
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck One of the best non-fiction books I’ve ever read.  Ambitious, adventurous, heartfelt, incredibly insightful, and in the end downright depressing.  You follow an aging Steinbeck’s highs and lows as he circles the country with his beloved dog, Charley.  Here’s an excerpt of Steinbeck showing Charley the mystic Sequoia’s of Southern Oregon… “I coasted off the road and pulled to within fifty feet of the godlike thing, so close that I had to throw back my head and raise my eyes to vertical to see its branches.  This was the time I had waited for.  I opened the back door and let Charley out and stood silently watching, for this could be dog’s dream of heaven in the highest.”

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

One of the best non-fiction books I’ve ever read.  Ambitious, adventurous, heartfelt, incredibly insightful, and in the end downright depressing.  You follow an aging Steinbeck’s highs and lows as he circles the country with his beloved dog, Charley.  Here’s an excerpt of Steinbeck showing Charley the mystic Sequoia’s of Southern Oregon…

“I coasted off the road and pulled to within fifty feet of the godlike thing, so close that I had to throw back my head and raise my eyes to vertical to see its branches.  This was the time I had waited for.  I opened the back door and let Charley out and stood silently watching, for this could be dog’s dream of heaven in the highest.”

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