John Steinback Biography and Background

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When was ‘Sea of Cortez’ written?

1941

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What is ‘Sea of Cortez’ about?

Steinback’s journeys to collect marine specimens in the Gulf of California with his friend, Ed Ricketts

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When was ‘A Russian Journal’ written?

1948

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What is ‘A Russian Journal’ about?

A trip through postwar Soviet Union with photographer Robert Capa

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What does ‘itinerant’ mean?

Travelling from place to place

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What are bindlestiffs?

Men who move from job to job and develop communities outside of typical social arrangement

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What novels are a part of Steinback’s California fiction?

Tortilla Flat (1935), In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), and The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

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What prize did The Grapes of Wrath win in 1940?

Pulitzer

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How does Susan Shillinglaw describe Steinback’s books?

“The dreams and defeats of common people shaped by the environments they inhabit”

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When did Steinback win the Nobel Prize?

1962

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When was ‘Travels with Charley’ written?

1962