(1952), as well as film scripts for his stories The Red Pony (1938) and The Pearl (1947). ... My quotation from the book The Pearl All things are in gods hands In my understanding all things good or bad , Happen to a variaty of people for all kinds of reasons. ... Groliers new encylopidea Benson, Jackson T., The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography (1990); DeMott, R., ed., Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath (1989); Fensch, Thomas, ed., Conversations with John Steinbeck (1988); Lisca, Peter, The Wide World of John Steinbeck (1981); Noble, Donald R., ed., The Ste...

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In his later life, Steinbeck married three times. ... Steinbeck lived through other tragedies too. ... Steinbeck published 27 books (Harmon). His early books were, The Pearl, Tortilla Flat, and Sea of Cortez. ... Steinbeck had many influences for his stories. ...

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Steinbeck's father was a county treasurer and his mother was a teacher. ... Steinbeck then based three powerful novels on his experiences. ... The next series of writing from Steinbeck were: Cannery Row (1945), The Wayward Bus (1947), The Pearl (1947), A Russian Journal (1948), Burning Bright (1950), and The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951). ... Steinbeck died in New York City in 1968 at the age of 66. ... Steinbeck points his finger at the problems of America. ...

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