John Steinbeck

The nobel prize winning author John Steinbeck has the honor to be our class' theme this period. We are currently reading one of his most famous works ; Of Mice And Men.

Johnny was born February 27, 1902 and grew up in Salinas Valley, California and came from a rich immigrant family (German-American and Irish-American). Most of Steinbeck's works takes place during the great depression in the 30's, and many of his novels is based on his own childhood. Take of Mice and Men for instance, it takes place around the area Steinbeck grew up.

• Cup of Gold (1929)
• The Pastures of Heaven (1932)
• The Red Pony (1933)
• To a God Unknown (1933)
• Tortilla Flat (1935)
• The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath (1936)
• In Dubious Battle (1936)
• Of Mice and Men (1937)
• The Long Valley (1938)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
• Forgotten Village (1941)
• Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research (1941)
• The Moon Is Down (1942)
• Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team (1942)
• Cannery Row (1945)
• The Wayward Bus (1947)
• The Pearl (1947)
• A Russian Journal (1948)
• Burning Bright (1950)
• The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951)
• East of Eden (1952)
• Sweet Thursday (1954)
• The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication (1957)
• Once There Was A War (1958)
• The Winter of Our Discontent (1961)
• Travels with Charley: In Search of America (1962)
• America and Americans (1966)