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==Legacy==

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The National Steinbeck Center to continue Steinbeck's legacy is located in the center of Salinas, California,<ref>https://www.steinbeck.org/</ref> where Steinbeck was born. It is situated 17 miles east by car of Monterey and 60 miles south by car of [[San Jose]].

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The National Steinbeck Center to continue Steinbeck's legacy is located in the center of Salinas, California,<ref name="NSC">https://www.steinbeck.org/</ref> where Steinbeck was born. It is situated 17 miles east by car of Monterey and 60 miles south by car of [[San Jose]].

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==California ==

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Steinbeck grew up in Salinas, California, and included in his novels gossip from his town:

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{{cquote|[H]is characters were often lonely, misunderstood farmers and ranchers; and in his books, dreams of ordinary workers are dashed—his books tell of failed dreams of land ownership in California. The Grapes of Wrath, his signature novel, published in 1939, traces the journey of the Joad family from Oklahoma to California, where they find not the fabled land of their dreams but a place with few jobs, low wages, and inadequate worker housing. Steinbeck’s novel excoriated the greed of the Associated Farmers, business interests in California.<ref name="NSC"/>}}

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==Partial Bibliography==

* ''[[Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, With Occasional Reference to History|Cup of Gold]]'' (1929)

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