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Steinbeck’s route roughly outlined the borders of the United States, beginning in Sag Harbor and moving through nearly 40 states. He began by heading north to

Montana, describing its people as kind and unaffected by the frantic bustle elsewhere. He visited Travels with Charley in Search of America

While Steinbeck set out to find the "real" America, he often found himself reflecting on the ways it was fading. Steinbeck’s route roughly outlined the borders of the

Seattle—lamenting that progress looked like destruction—before driving down the coast to his birthplace, The final leg took him through Travels with Charley in Search of America

Steinbeck noted the rise of mobile homes as a symbol of a nation that no longer wanted to be rooted.