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John Steinbeck

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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  • Born February 27, 1902
  • Born in Salinas California
  • February 27, 1902
  • Grew up in Salad Bowl of the Nation
  • Had two sisters
  • Salad Bowl of the Nation
  • 2 older sisters
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  • Decided to be a writer at 14
  • Chose to be a writer at 14
  • Enrolled in Harvard in 1919
  • Enrolled at Stanford in 1919
  • Was there until 1925
  • In and out until 1925
  • He had no other interests
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  • Tried construction
  • Worked construction in NYC
  • Also tried newspaper reporting
  • Also tried newspaper reporting
  • Returned to California in the late 1920s
  • Returned to California in 1929
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  • Married Carol Henning
  • Married Carol Henning in 1930
  • Couldnt find jobs for either
  • Neither could find a job
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  • Published 27 books in his life
  • Published 27 books
  • 16 novels
  • 16 novels
  • 6 nonfiction
  • 6 nonfiction works
  • 5 collections of short stories
  • 5 short story collections
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  • Privateer Henry Morgan
  • Sacking of Panama
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OF MICE AND MEN

  • George Milton and Lennie
  • Friendship
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  • Oklahoma family
  • Moved to California
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  • Made many trips to USSR
  • Visited Kiev, Moscow,Tbilisi, Batumi, and Stalingrad
  • Published The Russian Journal
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  • Nobel Prize in 1962
  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • The decision was criticized
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  • Died December 20, 1968
  • Died of heart failure
  • Cremated and interred at the family gravesite

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