Pagine1902–1968 · Salinas, California · also known as Steinbeck
John Steinbeck wrote about farm workers, drifters and families of California’s Salinas Valley during the Great Depression. Of Mice and Men (1937), the short tragedy of George and Lennie, is one of the most taught books in schools; The Grapes of Wrath (1939), the Joad family’s journey from the Dust Bowl to California, won the Pulitzer Prize; and East of Eden (1952) retells Cain and Abel. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.
Begin with Of Mice and Men.
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John Steinbeck wrote about farm workers, drifters and families of California’s Salinas Valley during the Great Depression. Of Mice and Men (1937), the short tragedy of George and Lennie, is one of the most taught books in schools; The Grapes of Wrath (1939), the Joad family’s journey from the Dust Bowl to California, won the Pulitzer Prize; and East of Eden (1952) retells Cain and Abel.
Of Mice and Men is usually considered John Steinbeck’s best-known work, followed by The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden.
Most readers start with Of Mice and Men.
Both refer to the same writer.
John Steinbeck’s books are still under copyright, so they are not free to download, but many can be borrowed free from your public library or Open Library — we link to them below.