John Steinbeck a 1955 movie directed by Elia Kazan and starring James Dean. In 1960, Steinbeck bought a pickup truck and had it modified with a custom-built camper top – which was rare at the time – and drove across the United States with his faithful 'blue' standard poodle, Charley. Steinbeck nicknamed his truck "Rocinante" after Don Quixote's "noble steed". In this sometimes comical, sometimes melancholic book, Steinbeck describes what he sees from Maine to Montana to California, and from there to Texas and Louisiana and back to his home on Long Island. The restored camper truck is on exhibit in the
John Moore (American author) in English. As for his other novels, "Slay and Rescue" is available in all three languages; "The Unhandsome Prince" in Czech and Russian, and "Heroics for Beginners" in Czech and German. "Heroics for Beginners" and "Bad Prince Charlie" were also published in Poland. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a source for all listings except where noted otherwise. John Moore (American author) John F. Moore (born June 15, 1959) is an American engineer and a writer of fantasy and science fiction primarily under the short name John Moore. John Moore grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia. After high