John R. Olson - Travelogue
Retired newspaper editor and radio journalist
John Olson recreates John Steinbeck's
Travels with Charley in his
own book
Down John's Road (2011). Driving a GMC truck camper for 80
days,12,673 miles, and through 34 states, Olson meets zany characters at
Walmart parking lots, picks up a hitchhiker in Arizona thumbing his way to
Egypt, jokes with convicts, eats with the homeless, and chases a moose in
Maine. Comparing and contrasting Steinbeck's iconic 1960 book with America five
decades later Olson ponders the same question as Steinbeck did - what are Joe
Average Americans like today? If you are interested in finding out for
yourself,
Down John's Road is available through the Bainbridge Public
Library Local Authors collection.
