Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuita…

John Steinbeck
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Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuitable, physically ridiculous, and mechanically impossible. But all these problems Charley ignored. He loved deeply and tried dogfully. ✨ John Steinbeck (2007). Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962
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