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JohnSteinbeck
1902-1968
Early Years
Born February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California
Mom was a teacher
Dad was a county treasurer
1919 - Graduated from Salinas HS
The Handsome Steinbeck
1929 - A Cup of Gold1932 - Pastures of
Heaven1935 - Tortilla Flat
1936 - Of Mice and Men
Great Depression1929 - late 1930s or early 1940s.
Herbert Hoover - deemed responsible...?
Shanty towns (“hoovervilles”)
Roosevelt inaugurated 1933
National Recovery Act (NRA)
The New Deal 1933-1936
Time Period
Post World War 1
Great Depression
What else was happening during this time?
Dust BowlWhat was the Dust Bowl?
Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl
1938 - Grapes of Wrath
The Joad Family
Bruce Springsteen
1945 - Cannery RowEd Ricketts - Marine Biologist
“Doc”
Recognition1940 - Wins Pulitzer Prize for Grapes of Wrath
1962 - Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
1968 - Dies of heart disease in NY
Quote“It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men: kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest: sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they, love the produce of the second.”