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who is John Steinbeck ?who is John Steinbeck ?

John Steinbeck was a famous American author.

John E. Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902

When steinbeck was 10 his father got a pony for him .

He and his sister pretended to be nights of the round table and there pony was the noble steed.

He wrote a successful book called The Red Pony

On the road!!!!On the road!!!!

Steinbeck traveled all over in hope to get away from the crowd to write more books

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Steinbeck and his first wife Carol had Steinbeck and his first wife Carol had to build a house that they first called to build a house that they first called Steinbeckia.Steinbeckia.

Steinbeck helped a lot of people after he went to the squatters camp, which were very unhealthy because of many diseases.

Steinbeck helping out

Eleanor Roosevelt reported Eleanor Roosevelt reported in her newspaper column in her newspaper column about conditions in the about conditions in the camps she visited “they camps she visited “they every bit as bad as what every bit as bad as what Steinbeck described”.Steinbeck described”.

The novel Grapes Of Wrath was honored 1939’s best novel. It remains one of the biggest-selling books of all time. It also won a Pulitzer prize

During world war II he wrote the The Moon Is Down to help the morale of people during the war.

In 1962 Steinbeck won the Nobel prize for literature

Remembering SteinbeckRemembering Steinbeck

On 1968 Steinbeck died from a fateful heart attack. In honor of Steinbeck they built a historic center in Salinas, California

John E. Steinbeck 1902to1968

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