In Search Of America - Travels With Charley

Seattle—lamenting that progress looked like destruction—before driving down the coast to his birthplace, The final leg took him through

He observed that radio and television were standardizing American speech and culture, making Maine sound just like Montana. 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. Travels with Charley in Search of America