John Steinbeck
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1986, c1938
Language
English
Description
These 12 short stories set in Steinbeck's birthplace of Salinas Valley California, reflect his persistent themes, including the tension between town and country and the struggle of ordinary people trying to find their way in the world.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 170
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author of such classic works as The Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row, John Steinbeck is also a Nobel Prize winner and one of the most revered figures in America's literary pantheon. In 1941, Steinbeck and his close friend Ed Ricketts, a marine biologist, rented a ship and set about exploring the Gulf of California. The scientific data collected, along with Steinbeck's log of the journey, were detailed in the work Sea of Cortez.
...8) East of Eden
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen ; two-disc special ed.
Language
English
Description
The saga of three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families in the early 1900's in Northern California.
Publisher
Momentum Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in California apple country in the 1930s, nine hundred migratory workers rise up and join forces to protest unfair wages and working conditions. As the labor strike wears on and conflict grows between the apple pickers and the local growers' association, what begins as a fight for their rights turns into an all-out battle for survival in this star-studded retelling of John Steinbeck's beloved novel.
10) Of mice and men
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.