En su libro, Dulce Jueves, Steinbeck continua su descripcion hermosa de la vida complicada (y a la vez tan simple) de Cannery Row, y los vagos y heroes de Monterey California. Me encanta ver que esta libro a sido traducido, es algo que no se debe perder.

That is a stupend novel becouse i love this author. I like to read more book of this author.

I picked this long out of print book up at the Monterey Aquarium - kudos to Western Flyer Publishing for bringing this fantastic book back.

There are two "bibles" for people who want to know about John Steinbeck - Jackson Benson's biography and this one. Personally, I prefer this one because it covers the golden age of Steinbeck and his friendship with marine biologist, philosopher and brilliant mind, Ed Ricketts.

If you've read Cannery Row and Grapes of Wrath (among others), you've gotten a glimpse of Ed RIcketts. In Richard Astro's book, you get the "toto-picture" of the man. Steinbeck's literature has been called simple. Yeah, simple as a Zen painting. Richard Astro shows how the collective (and at times drastically different) philosophies of these two men spawned one to create some of the greatest stories ever told. Stories that can be read and appreciated by a kid in middle school and then upon rereading, it is discovered how many layers lie beneath the tightly plotted tales. Astro's book digs deep too and is a valuable, readible and thought provoking journey into a remarkable friendship.

This was wonderful. So insightful to learn about the man behind the stories.

If you enjoyed The Grapes of Wrath, you will enjoy this companion.

Even though the author is a professor from a university in Kansas, and even though he has filled this book with facts, it's easily readable in a sort of journalistic style.

The Grapes of Wratch is discussed in themed chapters that need not be read sequentially. They include: the novel as literature, reaction to the novel in California, in Oklahoma, war-torn Europe, and throughout the USA; the author's dedication to the plight of the Okies that preceded and followed The Grapes of Wrath, local, state & federal government reaction, the movie, Hollywood's reaction to the movie, natural history of Dust Bowl from perspective of geologic time (did you know, the Dust Bowl was NOT caused by overfarming: there's a geologic record that the Dust Bowl phenomenon is a regular occurance. Conservation-minded farming methods can lessen its impact, but cannot prevent a Dust Bowl).

A caution: if you haven't already read The Grapes of Wrath, this book may be difficult to follow.

i'm doing a research project on John Steinbeck. I'm looking for articles about the man. The interview on him by Thomas Fensch may be of help, and if there is any other sites that you could give me, it would be greatly appreciated if you sent them to schultzy50@hotmail.com thank you

When you read this book you are pulled into the dust bowl. You feel as though you are there. It paints a picture and you are in it.

John Steinbeck IV writes as well as his namesake. The first part of the book covers his typical soldier experiences in Vietnam. The second half covers the trials and heartache of a returning veteran to a country that wasn't interested in his rights or contribution.

This book has been out of print for years, yet is continually cited in current Steinbeck scholarship. It needs to be reissued.

John Tessitore's John Steinbeck (0-531-11707-3) covers the writer's life, examining a childhood marked by shyness and the unsuccessful academic pursuits of a dreamer who eventually became a noted writer. Over 100 pages of facts concludes with a bibliography.

This is a delightful book--an intelligent and engaging memoir of a long friendship between one of America's most popular writers and a self-effacing Californian who spent a part of his life as an academic, another part as a small-town newspaper editor, yet another part as a state bureaucrat, but who in the end was remembered more for his relationship to the author of The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and East of Eden. When Steinbeck died in 1968, Sheffield confessed that the writer was "the best friend I ever had." If Sheffield was not the best friend Steinbeck ever had, he was an important influence on him--first as a classmate and roommate at Stanford, later as best man at Steinbeck's marriage to his first wife, and for years after as a drinking companion and literary sounding board. As Steinbeck climbed the ladder of literary immortality, Sheffield saved his letters, collected reviews of his work, and assembled important facts of his life. The result is this book--not a biography, by any means, but a rich and engrossing recollection of an immensely gifted writer at work and play, in good times and bad. It is unfortunate that the book is so badly edited (the published text is rife with typos, some almost unreadable sentences, and even some misnumbered endnotes). But none of this is Dook Sheffield's fault (he died in 1989), and, in the end, his love and respect for Steinbeck conquers all these petty obstacles.

Al Capp wasn't only the greatest draughtsman in this century but also the best writer. He created unforgettable characters and make corrosive criticism about the stablishment.