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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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