John Steinbeck (1902–1968)

Author of Of Mice and Men

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In recent years Steinbeck has been elevated to a more prominent status among American writers of his generation. If not quite at the world-class artistic level of a Hemingway or a Faulkner, he is nonetheless read very widely throughout the world by readers of all ages who consider him one of the show more most "American" of writers. Born in Salinas County, California on February 27, 1902, Steinbeck was of German-Irish parentage. After four years as a special student at Stanford University, he went to New York, where he worked as a reporter and as a hod carrier. Returning to California, he devoted himself to writing, with little success; his first three books sold fewer than 3,000 copies. Tortilla Flat (1935), dealing with the paisanos, California Mexicans whose ancestors settled in the country 200 years ago, established his reputation. In Dubious Battle (1936), a labor novel of a strike and strike-breaking, won the gold medal of the Commonwealth Club of California. Of Mice and Men (1937), a long short story that turns upon a melodramatic incident in the tragic friendship of two farm hands, written almost entirely in dialogue, was an experiment and was dramatized in the year of its publication, winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It brought him fame. Out of a series of articles that he wrote about the transient labor camps in California came the inspiration for his greatest book, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), the odyssey of the Joad family, dispossessed of their farm in the Dust Bowl and seeking a new home, only to be driven on from camp to camp. The fiction is punctuated at intervals by the author's voice explaining this new sociological problem of homelessness, unemployment, and displacement. As the American novel "of the season, probably the year, possibly the decade," it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940. It roused America and won a broad readership by the unusual simplicity and tenderness with which Steinbeck treated social questions. Even today, The Grapes of Wrath remains alive as a vivid account of believable human characters seen in symbolic and universal terms as well as in geographically and historically specific ones. Ma Joad is one of the most memorable characters in twentieth-century American fiction. It is her courage that sustains the family. Steinbeck's best and most ambitious novel after The Grapes of Wrath is East of Eden (1952), a saga of two American families in California from before the Civil War through World War I. Cannery Row (1945), The Wayward Bus (1947), and Sweet Thursday (1955) are lighter works that find Steinbeck returning to the lighthearted tone of Tortilla Flat as he recounts picaresque adventures of modern-day picaros. The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) struck some reviewers as being appropriately titled because of its despairing treatment of humanity's fall from grace in a wasteland world where money is king. Steinbeck also wrote important nonfiction, including Russian Journal (1948) in collaboration with the photographer Robert Capa; Once There Was a War (1958) and America and Americans (1966), which features pictures by 55 leading photographers and a 70-page essay by Steinbeck. His interest in marine biology led to two books primarily about sea life, Sea of Cortez (1941) (with Edward F. Ricketts) and The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951). Travels with Charley (1962) is an engaging account of his journey of rediscovery of America, which took him through approximately 40 states. Steinbeck was married three times and died in New York City on December 20, 1968 of heart disease and congestive heart failure. He was 66, and had been a life-long smoker. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: John Steinbeck, Jonh Steinbeck, Steinbeck Johann,, John Ernst Steinbeck, Джон Стейнбек, Джон Стейнбек

Disambiguation Notice:

For the author's son (1946-1991), see John Steinbeck IV.

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Of Mice and Men (1937) 39,326 copies

The Grapes of Wrath (1939) 34,502 copies

East of Eden (1952) 23,547 copies

The Pearl (1947) 13,278 copies

Cannery Row (1945) 9,946 copies

Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962) 8,545 copies

Tortilla Flat (1935) 5,690 copies

The Red Pony (1933) 5,516 copies

The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) 5,437 copies

The Moon Is Down (1942) 3,413 copies

Sweet Thursday (1954) 2,867 copies

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) 2,864 copies

In Dubious Battle (1936) 2,398 copies

The Wayward Bus (1947) 2,109 copies

The Short Novels of John Steinbeck (1953) — Author — 1,715 copies

To a God Unknown (1933) 1,679 copies

The Long Valley (1938) — Author — 1,477 copies

The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951) 1,447 copies

The Pastures of Heaven (1932) 1,294 copies

Cup of Gold (1929) — Author — 1,036 copies

Cannery Row | Of Mice and Men (1937) — Author — 1,017 copies

The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication (1957) — Author — 962 copies

Once There Was a War (1943) — Author — 904 copies

Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings, 1936-1941 (1996) 726 copies

Steinbeck : Novels and Stories, 1932-1937 (1994) 662 copies

A Russian Journal (1948) — Author — 643 copies

Cannery Row | East of Eden | The Moon is Down | The Pearl (2002) 610 copies

Burning Bright (1951) 561 copies

Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters (1969) 490 copies

The Pearl | The Red Pony (1933) 444 copies

Cannery Row | East of Eden | Grapes of Wrath | The Moon is Down | Of Mice and Men (1976) — Author — 411 copies

John Steinbeck : Travels with Charley and Later Novels 1947-1962 (2007) 363 copies

America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction (2002) 362 copies

The Portable Steinbeck (1943) 307 copies

The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath (1936) 305 copies

Steinbeck: A Life in Letters (1975) 297 copies

Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath (1989) 260 copies

America and Americans (1966) 239 copies

Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team (Penguin Classics) (1942) 230 copies

The Grapes of Wrath (Viking Critical Library) (1972) 206 copies

East of Eden | The Wayward Bus (1952) 205 copies

Of Mice and Men (New Longman Literature) (2000) 188 copies

The Grapes of Wrath (play) (1990) 179 copies

Zapata (1975) 169 copies

The Forgotten Village: Life in a Mexican Village (1941) 149 copies

Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts (1950) 143 copies

The Chrysanthemums and Other Stories (1937) 141 copies

Of Mice and Men | Tortilla Flat (1967) — Author — 118 copies

The Murder (short story) (2005) 110 copies

The Vigilante (2018) 91 copies

Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research (1941) 90 copies

The Steinbeck Centennial Collection (Boxed Set) (1937) 82 copies

East of Eden (1 of 2) (1954) 70 copies

East of Eden (2 of 2) (1954) 68 copies

ROBERT CAPA (Photo Library Series) (1989) — Contributor — 61 copies

The Pearl (Macmillan Reader Intermediate) (1947) — Author — 60 copies

Burning Bright | The Pearl (1948) 55 copies

The Chrysanthemums [short story] (2007) 52 copies

The Experience of the American Woman (1978) 46 copies

Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from the War (2012) — Author — 45 copies

The Moon is Down | Of Mice and Men (1937) 44 copies

The Pearl [Heinemann Guided Readers] (1974) 44 copies

Of Mice and Men [Penguin Readers] (1815) 43 copies

Great Modern Short Novels (1966) — Contributor — 41 copies

Of Mice and Men. Text and Study Aids. (Lernmaterialien) (1979) 41 copies

Cannery Row | Grapes of Wrath | Of Mice and Men | Tortilla Flat (1994) — Author — 40 copies

The Works of John Steinbeck Complete and Unabridged (1985) 39 copies

Cannery Row | Sweet Thursday (1939) 39 copies

The Grapes of Wrath (1) (1976) 38 copies

The Grapes of Wrath (2) (1967) 36 copies

Seven Contemporary Short Novels [second edition] (1969) — Contributor — 35 copies

Classic Stories of World War II (1942) 34 copies

East of Eden [Penguin Readers] (2001) 33 copies

The Red Pony [Penguin Readers] (2001) 33 copies

Of Mice and Men (Guided Reader) (1975) 30 copies

The Red Pony [Heinemann Guided Readers] (1976) 29 copies

Viva Zapata! [1952 film] (1952) — Screenwriter — 29 copies

Der rote Pony und andere Erzählungen (1933) 27 copies

Penguin Readers Level 3: the Pearl (Penguin Readers Simplified Texts) (2001) 26 copies

Of Men and Their Making (2002) 24 copies

Cannery Row | Of Mice and Men | Tortilla Flat (1977) — Author — 23 copies

Of Mice and Men and Short Stories (1937) 23 copies

Al Este Del Eden. La Perla. (Dos Obras En Un Tomo) (1976) 21 copies

The Moon is Down and Short Stories (1942) 20 copies

Grapes of Wrath, The Winter of our Discontent, and Short Novels (Tortilla Flat, Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, Moon is… (1961) — Author — 19 copies

Positano (1954) 17 copies

Uomini e topi (2020) 16 copies

The Pearl [Penguin Active Reading] (2007) 15 copies

Cannery Row | Tortilla Flat (1977) 14 copies

Flight (1979) 13 copies

Of Mice and Men | The Red Pony (1940) 13 copies

PLAY: The Moon is Down (1942) 13 copies

John Steinbeck Collection (1989) 11 copies

John Steinbeck three volume set: The Grapes of Wrath, Short Novels and The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) 11 copies

Tortilla Flat [1942 film] (1942) — Original book — 9 copies

Four Novels for Appreciation (1960) 9 copies

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The Pearl | To a God Unknown (1935) 9 copies

Le meurtre : Et autres nouvelles (2009) 9 copies

Cannery Row and Short Stories (1945) 9 copies

Of Mice and Men (Hodder Graphics) (2007) 9 copies

Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Ten Book 12) (2019) 8 copies

The Gift (1992) 8 copies

Die gute alte und die bessere neue Zeit. Erzählungen. (1991) 7 copies

The Red Pony [1949 film] (1949) — Screenwriter — 7 copies

Junius Maltby (1980) 7 copies

Amerikaanse verhalen 7 copies

Don Quixote (2003) 7 copies

The Short Stories Of John Steinbeck (1953) 7 copies

Burning Bright | The Moon is Down (1942) 7 copies

Chama Devoradora (2013) 7 copies

The Grapes of Wrath | The Pearl (1986) 6 copies

Por el mar de Cortés (1951) 6 copies

Tortilla Flat | The Grapes of Wrath (1981) 6 copies

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In Dubious Battle | Of Mice and Men | The Grapes of Wrath (2012) 6 copies

The Major Works of John Steinbeck (Monarch Notes) (1985) 6 copies

East of Eden (3 of 3) 6 copies

The snake : and other short stories (1997) 6 copies

Tortilla Flat (Easy Readers) (1972) 6 copies

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Saint Katy the Virgin (1981) 4 copies

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The Collected Poems of Amnesia Glasscock (1976) 4 copies

スタインベック短編集 (1954) 3 copies

Travels with Charley [Motion picture] 3 copies

OBRAS COMPLETAS, VOLUMEN SEGUNDO (1957) 3 copies

Their Blood is Strong (1938) 3 copies

Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature 3 copies

The Pastures of Heaven | Cup of Gold | To a God Unknown 3 copies

John Steinbeck's The red pony 3 copies

El omnibus perdido La perla 3 copies

East of Eden (1 of 3) 3 copies

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Two Volumes in One (1947) 2 copies

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Of mice and men 2 copies

O Potro Vermelho Livro 18 2 copies

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Lettera a Thom sull'amore (2018) 2 copies

Jours de travail (2021) 2 copies

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Boemios Errantes (Em Portuguese do Brasil) 2 copies

Big Book of Favorite Horse Stories 2 copies

Vidas amargas : (A leste do Éden) (1996) 2 copies

Rūstybės kekės: romanas (2021) 2 copies

Ulica Nadbrzeżna. Cudowny czwartek (2022) 2 copies

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The Pearl (abridged) 2 copies

Biblioteca de Selecciones: Al Oriente de Éden y Tres Otros Cuentos 2 copies

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World's Best Contemporary Short Stories 2 copies

Tortilla Flat / The Grapes of Wrath / The Pearl 2 copies

The Wayward Bus | Tortilla Flat | Cannery Row (1992) 2 copies

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Т. 2. 2 copies

Т. 1. 2 copies

Kisa Suren Saltanat (2015) 2 copies

La rasarit de Eden vol2 2 copies

Of Mice and Men Amplified (Enhanced Edition) (2011) 2 copies

13 Great Stories 2 copies

Т. 4. Собрание сочинений в шести томах 2 copies

John Steinbeck Assorted Collection by Collier (1939) 2 copies

Yukari Mahalle-Remzi (2003) 2 copies

The John Steinbeck Collection Special Jubilee Edition 1939-1989 (1984) 2 copies

John Steinbeck papers 2 copies

Romans (2023) 2 copies

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6 Book Set by John Steinbeck~The Long Valley/The Grapes of Wrath/Of Mice and Men/Travels with Charley/Tortilla Flat/The… 1 copy

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Nobel Prize Library: Faulkner, O'Neill, Steinbeck (1971) — Author — 185 copies

Sixteen Short Novels (1985) — Contributor — 177 copies

The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage (2003) — Contributor — 174 copies

Between Pacific Tides (1939) — Foreword, some editions — 170 copies

Famous American Plays of the 1930s (1656) — Contributor — 170 copies

Twenty Grand Short Stories (1967) — Contributor — 161 copies

The Big Book of Favorite Horse Stories: Twenty-Five Outstanding Stories by Distinguished Authors (1965) — Contributor — 160 copies

A Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) — Contributor — 149 copies

The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributor — 149 copies

An Anthology of Famous American Stories (1953) — Contributor — 140 copies

Short Stories from the Strand (1992) — Contributor — 139 copies

The Golden Argosy: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Short Stories in the English Language (1947) — Contributor — 137 copies

Penguin Science Fiction (1961) — Contributor — 137 copies

An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributor — 133 copies

East of Eden [1955 film] (1954) — Original book — 115 copies

Great Modern Reading (1943) — Contributor — 108 copies

McSweeney's Issue 45 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Hitchcock and Bradbury Fistfight in Heaven (2013) — Contributor — 104 copies

Lifeboat [1944 film] (1944) — Story — 102 copies

American Short Stories (1976) — Contributor, some editions — 95 copies

Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Contributor — 92 copies

Of Mice and Men [1992 film] (1992) — Original book — 79 copies

The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998) — Contributor — 76 copies

Twenty Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre (1939) — Contributor — 75 copies

Great Esquire Fiction (1983) — Contributor — 70 copies

SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy: 4th Annual Volume (1958) — Contributor — 69 copies

200 Years of Great American Short Stories (1975) — Contributor — 68 copies

The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise Edition (2003) — Contributor — 68 copies

The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (1981) — Contributor — 52 copies

The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road: Tales of Life on the Move (Mammoth Books) (2003) — Contributor — 51 copies

Art of Fiction (1967) — Contributor — 51 copies

Masters of the Modern Short Story (1945) — Contributor — 47 copies

The Bedside Tales: A Gay Collection (1945) — Contributor — 46 copies

The Lucifer Society (1971) — Contributor — 42 copies

65 Great Murder Mysteries (1983) — Contributor — 41 copies

Unknown California (1985) — Contributor — 41 copies

Reader's Digest Best Sellers: To Kill a Mockingbird | Agony and the Ecstasy | Winter of our Discontent | Fate is the… (1961) 40 copies

A Quarto of Modern Literature (1935) — Contributor — 40 copies

Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 2: Love, Marriage, and the Family (1966) — Contributor — 39 copies

Years of Protest: A Collection of American Writings of the 1930's (1967) — Contributor — 39 copies

Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People (1967) — Foreword, some editions — 39 copies

Food Tales: A Literary Menu of Mouthwatering Masterpieces (1992) — Contributor — 38 copies

The Book of the Sea (1954) — Contributor — 36 copies

Fifty Best American Short Stories 1915-1965 (1965) — Contributor — 36 copies

Ellery Queen's Book of Mystery Stories by 25 Famous Writers (1952) — Contributor — 36 copies

Alfred Hitchcock Presents A Baker's Dozen of Suspense Stories (1963) — Contributor — 35 copies

XII Twelve Short Novels (1961) — Contributor — 34 copies

Beach : Stories by the Sand and Sea (2000) — Contributor — 32 copies

California Uncovered: Stories For The 21st Century (2005) — Contributor — 31 copies

The Big Book of Favorite Dog Stories (1964) — Contributor — 29 copies

Lapham's Quarterly - Lines of Work: Volume IV, Number 2, Spring 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 29 copies

Great World War II Stories: 50th Anniversary Collection (1989) — Contributor — 29 copies

Best Loved Books for Young Readers 13 (1969) 28 copies

50 Best American Short Stories 1915-1939 (1939) — Contributor — 28 copies

Pulitzer Prize Reader (1961) — Contributor — 27 copies

American short stories, 1820 to the present (1952) — Contributor — 26 copies

The World of Li'l Abner (1953) — Introduction — 25 copies

The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages (1968) — Contributor — 25 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1961 v03 (1961) 24 copies

Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 23 copies

The Wonderful World of Horses (1966) — Contributor — 22 copies

Studies in Fiction (1965) — Contributor — 22 copies

The Chicano: From Caricature to Self-Portrait (1971) — Contributor — 22 copies

The Penguin Book of the Ocean (2010) — Contributor — 20 copies

Designs in Fiction (1968) — Contributor — 20 copies

Short Stories II (1961) — Contributor — 19 copies

The Girls from Esquire (1952) — Contributor — 18 copies

Swords and Sorcerers: Stories from the Worlds of Fantasy and Adventure (2002) — Contributor — 16 copies

Horse Stories (2012) — Contributor — 16 copies

Half-a-Hundred Stories for Men, Great Tales by American Writers (1945) — Contributor — 16 copies

Uomini che non ho sposato (2016) — Contributor — 15 copies

Modern American Short Stories (1945) — Contributor — 15 copies

All verdens fortellere (1990) — Contributor, some editions — 15 copies

Nobel Writers on Writing (2000) — Contributor — 14 copies

Silas Marner | The Pearl (1959) 14 copies

Fifty Years of the American Short Story from the O. Henry Awards 1919-1970 (1970) — Contributor — 13 copies

Story to Anti-Story (1979) — Contributor — 13 copies

New Stories for Men (1941) — Contributor — 13 copies

Continent's End: A Collection of California Writing (1944) — Contributor — 12 copies

31 Stories (1960) — Contributor — 12 copies

Pause to Wonder: Stories of the Marvelous , Mysterious and Strange (1944) — Contributor — 12 copies

American Short Stories, Vol.5, The Twentieth Century (1957) — Author, some editions — 11 copies

High Gear: Great Stories About Fast Cars and Their Drivers (1955) — Contributor — 11 copies

52 Miles to Terror and Other Stories of the Road (1966) — Contributor — 11 copies

Østenfor sol : 38 fantastiske fortellinger fra hele verden (1969) — Contributor — 11 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1953 v02 (1953) 10 copies

Growing Up Stories (1995) — Contributor — 10 copies

Oogst der tĳden : keur uit de werken van schrĳvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies

Amerikanische Kurzgeschichten (American Short Stories) (English and German Edition) (1956) — Contributor — 10 copies

The Grapes of Wrath (An Adapted Classic) (1996) 9 copies

Mystery in the Mainstream: An Anthology of Literary Crimes (1986) — Contributor — 9 copies

Great Western short stories (1777) — Contributor — 9 copies

Many-Colored Fleece: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Catholic Fiction (2022) — Contributor — 9 copies

Speeches of Adlai Stevenson (Stevenson: Speeches) (1952) — Preface, some editions — 8 copies

Writer to Writer: Readings on the Craft of Writing (1966) — Contributor — 8 copies

The Three Readers: Clifton Fadiman, Sinclair Lewis, Carl Van Doren (1943) — Contributor — 8 copies

Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Contributor — 8 copies

Reading in English for Students of English as a Second Language (1961) — Contributor — 7 copies

Suddenly: Great Stories of Suspense and the Unexpected (1965) — Contributor — 7 copies

West Coast Fiction: Modern Writing from California, Oregon, and Washington (1979) — Contributor — 7 copies

Modern American Short Stories (1941) — Contributor — 7 copies

Time to Be Young: Great Stories of the Growing Years (1945) — Contributor — 7 copies

Various Temptations (1948) — Contributor — 7 copies

Modern American Short Stories (1987) — Contributor — 7 copies

Our lives : American labor stories — Contributor — 6 copies

Top Teen Stories (2004) — Contributor — 6 copies

Life Styles (2001) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Literary Horse: Great Modern Stories About Horses (1995) — Contributor — 6 copies

Snapshots (1995) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor (1963) — Contributor — 5 copies

Fifty Years of the American Short Story from the O. Henry Awards 1919-1970, Volume II (1970) — Contributor — 5 copies

Golden Tales of the Southwest (1939) — Contributor — 4 copies

Eighteen Stories (1965) 4 copies

The Best American Short Stories 1942 (1942) — Contributor — 4 copies

The Golden Age of Film: Four Great Novels That Captivated Hollywood (2007) — Contributor — 4 copies

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1938 (1938) — Contributor — 4 copies

Wives and Lovers — Contributor — 3 copies

The Boys' Book of the West (2005) — Contributor — 3 copies

Daughters of Eve (1956) — Contributor — 3 copies

Piirakkasota : Valikoima huumoria — Contributor — 3 copies

Vader is de beste — Author — 3 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Monarch of Goddess Island • East of Eden • The Anatomy of a Crime • Return to… (1956) 3 copies

Critics' Choice: New York Drama Critics' Circle Prize Plays, 1935-1955 (1945) — Contributor — 3 copies

Pascal Covici, 1888-1964 (1964) — Contributor — 2 copies

Celebration: 60 Years of Good Reading from 60 Authors Chosen by the Literary Guild (1987) 2 copies

Livros Condensados: O Inverno do Nosso Descontentamento | O Pequeno John Willie | O Espião Que Veio do Frio | Entre os… — Author — 2 copies

RDCBLP v069 Night Over Water | The Leader of the People | The Hands of Mr. Ottermole (1993) 2 copies

Husbands and Lovers (1949) — Contributor — 2 copies

Presentask med fyra Nobelnoveller från Novellix : Steinbeck, Morrison m fl (2018) — Author — 2 copies

American Short Stories (Oxford Literature Resources) (1992) — Contributor — 2 copies

Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 2 (1954) — Contributor — 2 copies

Enjoying Stories (1987) — Contributor — 2 copies

Great Tales of the Far West (1956) — Contributor — 2 copies

Ten Great Stories: A New Anthology (1945) — Contributor — 2 copies

The College Short Story Reader (1948) — Contributor — 2 copies

Eyes of Boyhood (1953) — Contributor — 2 copies

Reader's Digest 4 in 1 Dunkirk to Alamein etc. 1 copy

Nobel Prize Library Faulkner, O'Neill, Steinbeck — Contributor — 1 copy

All-time favorites from Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1 copy

The Ethnic Image in Modern American Literature, 1900-1950 (1984) — Contributor — 1 copy

Livros Condensados (Unknown Condensed Books) — Author — 1 copy

15 Great Stories of Today (1946) — Contributor — 1 copy

Introduction to Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 1 copy

Modern American short stories (1963) — Contributor — 1 copy

Omnibook Magazine (Overseas Edition for Armed Forces) June 1945 (1945) 1 copy

Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Winter of Our Discontent • A Fall of Moondust • The Day Lincoln Was Shot •… (1962) — Author — 1 copy

Configurations: American Short Stories for the EFL Classroom, Advanced Level (1984) — Contributor — 1 copy

Lilliput Magazine. November - December 1952. Vol. 31 no. 6. Issue no. 186. — Contributor — 1 copy

Twelve Great Modern Stories, A New Collection — Contributor — 1 copy

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly No. 7 (14 Great stories by 14 Great Authors) (1943) — Contributor — 1 copy

The Narrative Impulse: Short Stories for Analysis (1963) — Contributor — 1 copy

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1934 (1934) — Contributor — 1 copy

The Avon Annual: 18 Great Story of Today (1944) — Contributor — 1 copy

Diners' Delight: the Best of the Diners' Club Magazine (1962) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Steinbeck, John
Legal name: Steinbeck, John Ernst, Jr.
Birthdate: 1902-02-27
Date of death: 1968-12-20
Burial location: Garden of Memories, Salinas, California, USA (Plot: Block N-5)
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Salinas, California, USA
Place of death: New York, New York, USA
Cause of death: heart disease and congestive heart failure
Education: Stanford University (did not graduate)
Occupations: novelist
Relationships: Steinbeck, Thomas (son)
Steinbeck, John, IV (son)
Awards and honors: Nobel Prize (Literature ∙ 1962)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964)
Academy Award nominee (1944)
California Hall of Fame (2007)
National Book Award (1940)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1940) (show all 8)
DeMolay International Hall of Fame (1995)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1939)
Disambiguation notice: For the author's son (1946-1991), see John Steinbeck IV.

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Reviews

Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck

Tortilla Flat is not really a novel, ratrher a collection of short stories about the same characters. As the focus shifts from one to the other character, each is portrayed from different angles. Many of the stories are wrily humourous, and the portrayal of each character is deeply human. Tortilla Flat clearly foreshadows Of mice and man. It is a must-read for readers interested in John Steinbeck.

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edwinbcn | 92 other reviews | Jun 2, 2024 |

John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath and Other… by John Steinbeck

"The Grapes of Wrath" written during the Great Depression following his "Of Mice & Men" is another great work by Steinbeck. The characters come alive having to battle the harsh environment they lived in but the emotional toll it took on them. Three other stories are included in this LOA volume all written before the coming of World War 2.

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walterhistory | 5 other reviews | May 30, 2024 |

Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck

Really enjoyed this travelogue narrated by the late, great Ron McLarty. Made a nice break from my regular fiction. Ya gotta like Steinbeck. Surprising how timely it is now since his trip took place in 1960. Recommended

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John Steinbeck: Travels with Charley and Later… by John Steinbeck

Steinbeck's final works are listed here including his lighthearted journey with his dog across America. In a strange way, he turned to more lighthearted writing as opposed to his earlier work. Readers may find this easier reading than the hard nosed despair of his previous characters.

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