Travels with Charley... ??

I didn't feel as if I was being lied to, a lot of the details in the story seemed a bit off to me. I enjoyed the story, nonetheless. I think that in a way, writers wish they can manipulate their life to fit something like the details they can create within their stories, sometimes it is possible and sometimes it is not. Given the history of what Steinback was going through in his life at this time, why not create a story of things that have happened within his lifetime? Even though they didn't happen all together, the experience is still good enough to write about. I was researching and found this article in the Washington Post, the author said "The truth of the book was in those memories and conjectures." Which, I can agree with. Just because a few minor details were adjusted doesn't make it false and a lie. It is just a version of the truth.

Here is the link to the article in the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/steinbecks-true-enough-travels-with-charley/2011/04/14/AFE0pQkD_story.html

He goes on to give another side to the story that he wanted Steinback to have traveled to all the places that he did, but I like the way he put it, in that sentence that I quoted.