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The celebrated Dutch journalist follows John Steinbeck around America, 50 years on from the journey (in 1960) that became Travels With Charley . Steinbeck, great chronicler of the ordinary American working man, at 57 and with his great novels published, felt at odds with 'this monster of a land', and set out to reacquaint himself with his home country at a time of huge change and boundless opportunity. Mak, with a European's eye, follows his route, searching for what has changed and what remains of Steinbeck's world, half a century on. Mak is at once a sharp-eyed journalist and hugely imaginative historian - in a conversational, elegant style, he sets out to define America in the early twenty-first century, retelling the stories of ordinary people he meets - fisherman, farmers, teachers - as he did in In Europe .
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Reizen zonder John, Geert Mak
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- Reizen zonder John
- Subtitle
- Op zoek naar Amerika - druk 16
- Language
- Dutch
- Authors
- Geert Mak
- Publisher
- Atlas
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 573
- ISBN10
- 9045027089
- ISBN13
- 9789045027081
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Maps & Travel, Travel, USA, American Literature, Dutch Literature
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- The celebrated Dutch journalist follows John Steinbeck around America, 50 years on from the journey (in 1960) that became Travels With Charley . Steinbeck, great chronicler of the ordinary American working man, at 57 and with his great novels published, felt at odds with 'this monster of a land', and set out to reacquaint himself with his home country at a time of huge change and boundless opportunity. Mak, with a European's eye, follows his route, searching for what has changed and what remains of Steinbeck's world, half a century on. Mak is at once a sharp-eyed journalist and hugely imaginative historian - in a conversational, elegant style, he sets out to define America in the early twenty-first century, retelling the stories of ordinary people he meets - fisherman, farmers, teachers - as he did in In Europe .