Travels With Charley was my favorite

The East Coast literary establishment, especially New York Times critics, scoffed that Steinbeck, whose style many found prosaic, would be chosen. Steinbeck's response in the speech: "In my heart, there may be some doubt that I deserved a Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence. But there is no question in my pleasure and pride in having it for myself."The voice-over notes, with a tinge of basso profundo sadness, that after the Nobel controversy, Steinbeck never wrote another word of fiction. Yet, just around the corner from the Nobel wing sits Steinbeck's famous green camper, "Rocinate," the one he drove across the country, trusty poodle beside him, in "Travels With Charley," his final book and perhaps his most popular. The camper itself was a fancy setup for the early 1960s with a kitchen, a refrigerator and a table with a manual typewriter on top."I've read every book Steinbeck wrote," Pinkard said, "but I've got to say 'Travels With Charley' was my favorite. It's just so insightful about America. I'm happy he didn't give up writing before that last book."The final quote before the museum exit, stark white lettering on black, comes from the man himself: "I nearly always write just as I nearly always breathe."Among other things, Craig wants to scale back Maryland's role in the Chesapeake Bay cleanup, give the state's business department a greater voice in environmental and health regulations, and impose limits on how long low-income people can collect food stamps and other benefits even if it means refusing federal money.Craig, 64, insists his positions represent the experiences of a lifetime as an educator and public official not a strategy for winning the June 24 primary in an increasingly conservative party. "It's not like we're trying to move to the right or left. It's being correct," he said.Political observers say Craig appears to be positioning himself to compete in a primary in which staunch conservatives are the most reliable voters. this is My Favorites :Sometimes that is independent