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Steinbeck's 'Cannery Row' turns 66

The Salinas Californian - Jan 19, 2012
Volunteer Robbie Behrens, right, leads one of many public tours of Doc Ricketts' lab on Sunday at Cannery Row in Monterey, the focal point of John Steinbeck's novel, "Cannery Row." The tours commemorate the 66th anniversary of the book's publication.

Split by Race and Wealth, but Discovering Similarities as They Study Steinbeck

New York Times - Jan 17, 2012
WESTFIELD, NJ — When an eighth-grade class at Roosevelt Intermediate School tackled Chapter 4 of John Steinbeck's “Of Mice and Men” one morning last week, the conversation focused on the loneliness of a minor white character known as Curley's wife.

What is the secret of the appeal of Robert Burns?

stv.tv - Jan 25, 2012
Robert Burns has been named the 'Greatest ever Scot' and his work has influenced such figures as Abraham Lincoln, Michael Jackson, John Steinbeck and Tracy Emin. The birth of Robert Burns us marked every year with recitals and dinners around the world.

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The Grapes of Wrath

by: John Steinbeck

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America’s greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art.

The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man’s fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman’s stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America.
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Of Mice And Men

by: John Steinbeck
They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own.
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Travels with Charley in Search of America:

by: John Steinbeck
With his dog Charley, John Steinbeck set out in his truck to explore and experience America in the 1960s. As he talked with all kinds of people, he sadly noted the passing of region speech, fell in love with Montana, and was appalled by racism in New Orleans.
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Cannery Row:

by: John Steinbeck
Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Henry the painter sorts through junk lots for pieces of wood to incorporate into the boat he is building, while the girls from Dora Flood’s bordello venture out now and then to enjoy a bit of sunshine. Lee Chong stocks his grocery with almost anything a man could want, and Doc, a young marine biologist who ministers to sick puppies and unhappy souls, unexpectedly finds true love.
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