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Celebrating the centenary of his birth, Steinbeck's last published work is available once again, accompanied by his finest journalistic endeavors, including the newspaper articles that inspired his literary masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath, his writings on San Francisco, Monterey, and other locations, and his reflections on such friends as Henry Ford, Robert Capa, and Ed Ricketts. 22,500 first printing.
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America and Americans is a representative, noteworthy collection of John Steinbeck's journalism, including the title piece, actually his last book. Editors Susan Shillinglaw and Jackson J. Benson, who provide an able, informative introduction as well as succinct sectional prefaces, have wisely organized the book thematically rather than chronologically. There are travel pieces (including the hilariously bittersweet "The Making of a New Yorker"); political reflections (including three articles on California migrant workers, written before the last draft of The Grapes of Wrath, and a short screed on the spiritual oppression of communism, in which he writes, "Communists of our day are about as revolutionary as the Daughters of the American Revolution"); correspondence from both World War II and Vietnam; and snapshots of Ernie Pyle, Henry Fonda, and other friends. Not all the pieces are timeless, but most are sprinkled with bright gems--"Writers are taken seriously in Italy and are accorded the same respect that Lana Turner's legs get in our country"--and everywhere girded by deep concern and anger about social injustices. --H. O'Billovich
About the Author
Susan Shillinglaw is a professor of English at San Jose State University and the 2012-13 President's Scholar. She has published widely on Steinbeck, including introductions to Penguin Classics editions of Steinbeck's works as well as A Journey into Steinbeck's California (2006) and Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage (2013). From 1987 to 2005 she was the Director of the Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State.
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- PublisherViking Adult
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0670030627
- ISBN 13 9780670030620
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages400
- EditorShillinglaw Susan, Benson Jackson J.
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