Travels With Charlie Author:Steinbeck, John John Steinbeck travels through 40 states, from Long Island to Maine, through the Middle West to Chicago and onward by way of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, and Idaho to Seattle, south to San Francisco and his birthplace, Salinas, etc. finally on the last leg, through Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and new Jersey to New York. His concern wa... more »s with the people from the small villages to the vast spaces.« less