Long Way Home

On the Trail of Steinbeck's America

Bill Barich

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781510732483
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

"We do not take a trip; a trip takes us, " John Steinbeck noted in his 1962 classic, Travels with Charley. In 2008, Bill Barich decided to explore the mood of the United States as Steinbeck had done almost a half century before. He set off on a 5, 943 mile cross-country drive from New York to his old hometown of San Francisco on Route 50, a road twisting through the American heartland.
Long Way Home is the stunning result of his pilgrimage. From the Eastern Shore of Maryland to the spectacular landscape of Moab, Utah, to Steinbeck's own Salinas Valley, the book is filled with memorable encounters and rich in history and local color; a truthful, inspired account of a once-in-a-lifetime trip. It offers an incisive portrait of a nation divided and the grassroots dissatisfaction that ultimately catapulted Donald Trump into the White House. From the Eastern Shore of Maryland to the spectacular landscape of Moab, Utah, to Steinbeck's own Salinas Valley, filled with memorable encounters and redolent with history and local color, Long Way Home is a truthful, inspiring account of the country at a social and political crossroad.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Part One
• Part Two
• Part Three
• Part Four
• Acknowledgments
• Author’s Note
• A Note on the Author