John Steinbeck is a successful American author. ... Many of his novels deal with social or economic issues of this time, including some of his most successful works such as "In Dubious Battle" (1936), "Of Mice and Men" (1937), "The Long Valley" (1938), and "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939). ... John Steinbeck gained a love of reading and writing from a very early age. ... John Steinbeck grew up in Salinas, California, which was a fairly prosperous farming community. ... Steinbeck's family, however, was lucky because his father, John Ernst Steinbeck, was relatively successful and owned a feed s...

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