Archive - 'Dogging Steinbeck' -- Exposing the untruths in 'Travels With Charley' of Clips and Q&As -- The Steigerwald Post

Chasing Steinbeck -- the Video Collection

In 2010 I carefully retraced the 10k mile route around the USA that John Steinbeck took in the fall of 1960 for 'Travels With Charley.' I took 16 short…

Dec 16, 2023 •

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November 2023

Dogging Steinbeck -- Chapter 1

In 2010 I faithfully retraced the route John Steinbeck took in 1960 for his iconic Travels With Charley. On my mad road trip I had lots of fun and found…

Nov 22, 2023 •

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July 2023

John Steinbeck,'Travels with Charley,' Geert Mak, the Queen of the Netherlands -- and Me

This material about my adventures with Steinbeck and Dutch historian Geert Mak first appeared at SteinbeckNow.com and was written in part by the site's…

Jul 18, 2023 •

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January 2023

America the Mostly Beautiful

When I drove around the USA in 2010 chasing John Steinbeck's ghost, I saw the country up-close for 11,276 miles. I liked most of what I saw.

Jan 3, 2023 •

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August 2022

Defending my book 'Dogging Steinbeck' -- and myself -- on Amazon was fun

Amazon foolishly no longer allows debate in its comments. But when it did I rebutted reviewers who unfairly attacked me or my 'expose' of the fictions …

Aug 28, 2022 •

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John Steinbeck loved Montana in 1960, but it was just a two-night stand

As I show in Dogging Steinbeck, Montana had a cameo in the author's iconic road book Travels With Charley

Aug 7, 2022 •

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February 2022

Happy 120th, John Steinbeck. RIP.

Sorry if I caused you pain and embarrassment when I fact-checked your pretend nonfiction book 'Travels With Charley' and called you 'a lying bastard…

Feb 28, 2022 •

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November 2021

Where Steinbeck ate Thanksgiving Dinner in 1960

When John Steinbeck drove around America for what became his heavily fictionalized bestseller 'Travels With Charley,' he spent T-Day weekend at a…

Nov 25, 2021 •

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