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Monday, February 25, 2013

The Truth About Travels with Charley

In 2010, Bill Stiegerwald took a 11, 726 mile trip across America, using Travels with Charley as a guide and took pictures along the way. He also blogged about his trip for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and here is a link to that blog including his pictures.

I wonder what Oprah would say about his book and Steinbeck's stretching of the truth that has been pointed out by others, including this blogger:

http://truthaboutcharley.com/travels-with-charley-timeline/

But, I wonder, how much does the truth really matter in a book like this? Does it rise to the level of literary fraud, as this blogger contends?
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