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Nov 01, 2016Rowswell rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I recently read this book as I was contemplating a cross-country trip, something I have done many times over the past 40 years. I thought I'd read it on the road as I was planning on driving the same route Seattle to Ohio (long story, but I ended up reading it while flying & deferred the road trip to the spring). After 55+ years the story still resonates & especially his description of the yearning for adventure at the opening of the book & then at the end of the book how he no longer absorbed anything he saw as he only wanted to get home. While (hopefully) the negative experiences in the South would no longer be encountered, much of the trip and storyline would be familiar to a modern traveller. Well written, as Steinbeck always is, the book serves to illustrate the saying "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" - "the more things change, the more it's the same thing". This is a book for anyone with wanderlust. It will help reinforce that urge, or help recall memories of trips gone by.