Main Title: Travels with Charley
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Author: Steinbeck, John
First Published: 1962
Publisher Used for Citing: Penguin Books
Type: Non-Fiction
Period: 20th Century

For when Charley is groomed and clipped and washed he is as pleased with himself as is a man with a good tailor or a woman newly patinaed by a beauty parlor, all of whom can believe they are like that clear through.


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Author-Steinbeck John Title-Travels with Charley Year-1962 Period-20th Century Type-Non-Fiction Publisher-Penguin Books

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