Dogging Steinbeck: Discovering America and Exposing the Truth about 'Travels With Charley'

"Steinbeck falsified his trip. I am delighted that you went deep into this.” -- Paul Theroux, Author of “Deep South" and "The Tao of Travel""No book gave me more of a kick this year than Bill Steigerwald's investigative travelogue 'Dogging Steinbeck.'" -- Nick Gillespie, editor-in-chief of Reason.com"I still believe John Steinbeck is one of America's greatest writers and I still love 'Travels With Charley,' be it fact or fiction or, as Bill Steigerwald doggedly proved, both. While I disagree with a number of Steigerwald's conclusions, I don't dispute his facts. He greatly broadened my understanding of Steinbeck the man and the author, particularly during his last years. And, whether Steigerwald intended it or not, in tracking down the original draft of 'Travels With Charley' he made a significant contribution to Steinbeck's legacy. "Dogging Steinbeck" is a good honest book." -- Curt Gentry, Author of "Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders" (with Vincent Bugliosi)"Bill Steigerwald has made an intriguing, if disheartening, discovery that seems to have eluded admirers and scholars of John Steinbeck for decades. Steinbeck’s “Travels With Charley in Search of America” is shot through with dubious anecdotes and impossible encounters." -- New York Times editorial, April 9, 2011"... an idol-slaying travelogue of truth.' -- Shawn Macomber, The Weekly Standard -- 'Chasing Steinbeck's Ghost,'Steigerwald's definitive guide to where John Steinbeck was on any given day in 1960 during his 10,000-mile, 11-week 'Travels With Charley' road trip, is available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0893FT123/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=chasing+steinbeck%27s+ghost&qid=1590280343&s=books&sr=1-1First journalist Bill Steigerwald took John Steinbeck's classic "Travels With Charley" and used it as a map for his own cross-country road trip in search of America. Then he proved Steinbeck's iconic nonfiction book was a 50-year-old literary fraud. A true story about the triumph of truth.Bill Steigerwald had a brilliant plan for