After a couple more tries at getting some his work published Steinbeck returned to California in order to write his first novel. ... Again Steinbeck sat down to begin writing a novel, but this time he would add a simple idea in it that would completely change his career. ... The book made more money than both his first and third novels neither of which made more than the two-hundred and fifty dollar cash advance from the publisher. ... (McCarthy, 48) Steinbeck's next big California book was Of Mice and Men. ... Of Mice and Men is widely known as " one of Steinbeck's warmest bo...

• Word Count: 1379
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After a couple more tries at getting some his work published Steinbeck returned to California in order to write his first novel. ... Again Steinbeck sat down to begin writing a novel, but this time he would add a simple idea in it that would completely change his career. ... The book made more money than both his first and third novels neither of which made more than the two-hundred and fifty dollar cash advance from the publisher. ... (McCarthy, 48) Steinbeck's next big California book was Of Mice and Men. ... Of Mice and Men is widely known as " one of Steinbeck's warmest bo...

• Word Count: 1424
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

And all novels, all poetry, are built on the never ending contest in ourselves between good and evil." ... He returned to California and worked on his first novel, The Cup of Gold in 1929. ... Two years later, one of his more successful and popular books, Of Mice and Men, was written. ... Cannery Row, another novel about California, was then published in 1945. ... He risked his own life many times to save wounded men. ...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He had better luck in California because, three years later, in 1929, his novel, "Cup of Gold", because his first novel to be published. ... In 1936, "Of Mice and Men" whick was set around Soledad, was produced as a novel and then as a play. ... In 1945, his novel "Cannery Row", which was also set in Monterey, became published. ... In 1951, his novel, "The Log for the Sea of Cortez" was published. The novel is frequently referred to at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. ...

• Word Count: 1322
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School