Jumping on board with Travels with Charley: In Search of America

John Steinbeck is seen as one of the greatest authors in American history. But in 1960, the author of The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men decided to load-up in a modified pick up truck with his loyal companion – an elderly standard poodle named Charley – and spend the next 11 months rediscovering the nation he loved, criticized and wrote about.

The result was another novel penned by the Pulitzer Prize winning author titled, Travels with Charley: In Search of America. 

Beginning Aug. 1, residents can pick up a free copy of Travels with Charley: In Search of America from the Sheridan County Libraries courtesy of the Wyoming Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Sheridan County Library System will host a variety of discussion groups both online and in person to discuss the book and its impacts for the entire month of August.

During an appearance on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse,  Sheridan Library system Programming Coordinator Zola Shockley told listeners the goal of the program. 

The Sheridan County Public Library System will have 150 copies of Travels with Charley: In Search of America available on Aug. 1.