From his first book to his last, Steinbeck capitalized on the stories he had heard from the people around him. He listened to the hobos, the migrant workers, the drifters, and the dreamers. He listened to the men in the trenches of war or to the women on the street of Cannery Row. Steinbeck’s greatest talent was to turn the real world into a fascinating, visual image that gave his readers a compelling glimpse into the lives of others.īorn and raised in Salinas, Steinbeck knew the rural town well. He was born at 132 Central Street on Februto John and Olive Steinbeck. Steinbeck understood that readers sought out what was true in this world. Whether he was reporting from the front lines of the war on poverty or the conflict in Vietnam, John Steinbeck brought honesty and integrity to his craft. I can see how I would like to do it so that it would be the valley of the world.” Steinbeck’s letter to George Albee, Salinas, 1933 “I think I would like to write the story of this whole valley, of all the little towns and all the farms and the ranches in the wilder hills.
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