Non-Fiction by John Steinbeck

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Non-Fiction by John Steinbeck

America and Americans

1966

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Steinbeck’s text accompanied by photographs renders the many faces of A merica, its scenic beauty as well as its human varieties.

 


 

Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team

1942

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A chronicle of six young men, following their civilian life, through several training schools, and describing how they become airmen.

 


 

Forgotten Village

1941

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An enlightening account which presents the elemental simplicity of daily patterns in a Mexican village.

 


 

The Harvest Gypsies

1936

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Reprint of seven newspaper articles about migrant farm workers written by John Steinbeck in 1936.

 


 

Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters

1969

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A day -­‐ by -­‐ day account of the writing of East of Eden ; originally a series of letters to Pascal Covici, Steinbeck’s friend and editor at Viking Press.

 


 

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

1951

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A reissue of the narrativ e from The Sea of Cortez to which Steinbeck added a biographical sketch of Ed Ricketts.

 


 

Once there Was a War

1958

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Set in England, Africa, and Italy, this collection of Steinbeck’s World War II news correspondence was written for the New York Herald Tribune in the latter part of 1943.

 


 

A Russian Journal

1948

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An illustrated account of a brief tour of famous Russian cities, the photographs accompanying Steinbeck’s text were taken by Robert Capa.

 


 

The Sea of Cortez : A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research

1941

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Ed Ricketts and Steinbeck present a scientific account of how marine invertebrates are killed, preserved, and classified. Steinbeck adds an explanation of his philosophy of life.

 


 

Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from the War

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Dispatches sent to Newsday in 1966 and 1967. T hese columns were the last work published the author during his lifetime.

 


 

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

1962

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Steinbeck’s American voyage of rediscovery accompanied by a distinguished French poodle.

 


 

Viva Zapata!

1975

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Script of the film. It is the story about the part played by Emiliano Zapata in the Mexican Revolution, championing the cause of the peasants during the years 1901 -­‐ 1919. It treats themes familiar to readers of The Grapes of Wrath and In Dubious Battle .

 


 

Working Days: The Journals of the Grapes of Wrath

1989

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Journal kept by Steinbeck during the composition and publication of his classic work , with notes by Robert DeMott.