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Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

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Author Biography

Name: John Ernst Steinbeck
Birth Date: February 27, 1902
Death Date: December 20, 1968
Place of Birth: Salinas, California, United States
Place of Death: New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of John Ernst Steinbeck
800 words, approx. 2.7 pages
John Ernst Steinbeck (1902-1968), American author and winner of the Nobel Prize in 1962, was a leading exponent of the proletarian novel and a prominent spokesman for the victims of the Great Depression. John Steinbeck was born on Feb. 27, 1902, in Salin...
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Biography of John Ernst Steinbeck
17621 words, approx. 58.7 pages
Through a career which spanned four decades, John Steinbeck was a novelist of people. His best books are about ordinary men and women, simple souls who do battle against dehumanizing social forces or who struggle against their own inhumane tendencies and...
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Biography of John (Ernst) Steinbeck
16102 words, approx. 53.7 pages
Throughout a career which spanned four decades, John Steinbeck was a novelist of people. His best books are about ordinary men and women, simple souls who do battle against dehumanizing social forces or who struggle against their own inhumane tendencies...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Cannery Row Information
2,372 words, approx. 8 pages
Cannery Row is a novel by John Steinbeck. It was published in 1945. A film version was released in 1982. Cannery Row takes place in the small strip of land near a sardine fishery in Monterey known as Cannery Row. It revolves around the people living...


News and Journals
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Stage Directions
Cannery Row
06/01/2003: 1,416 words, approx. 5 pages
How a Wisconsin canning factory was transformed into a stunning performance facility. The sprawling complex of drab two-story industrial buildings in downtown Hartford, Wisconsin was one of the largest beet-canning plants in the country after World War II. Two million cases of the...
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Prepared Foods
Cannery row.(Editorial)
05/01/1996: 706 words, approx. 2 pages
The market for canned and frozen vegetables continues to be characterized by poor demand, depressed prices and paltry profit margins. A large part of the problem can be attributed to vegetable processors themselves, majority of whom have made little effort to market their products....
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AP Features
New guide to literary Monterey, Calif.
1/30/2007: 420 words, approx. 1 pages
A new tourism map of Monterey County can help you plan a literary pilgrimage to places associated with John Steinbeck, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and many other writers.The "Scenes For Your Senses Literary & Film Map," produced by the Monterey County Convention...
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AP Features
Research your destination with a podcast
8/6/2007: 594 words, approx. 2 pages
The next time you're packing for a vacation, stop to fire up your computer and dig around the Internet for some podcasts to load into your preferred MP3 player. No, not those podcasts. Travel guides.A growing number of tourism promotion agencies, cultural institutions and even...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%
Cannery Row, A Review
1,066 words, approx. 4 pages
Analyzes and reviews the John Steinbeck novel, Cannery Row. Details the basic plot. Explores the function of the protagonist, Mack.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Cannery Row
864 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay compares the two main characters of Doc and Mack from "Cannery Row."


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Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

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