Steinbeck Country
Steinbeck Country: Exploring the Settings for the Stories
“This book serves
as a valuable trip planning resource for visitors
and an attractive souvenir of their visit”
Oprah’s Book Club
A souvenir and guide to the places featured in Steinbeck’s California fiction,
including Cannery Row, Of Mice and Men, East of Eden & The Red Pony.
The Gabilan Foothills from
San Juan Grade
Steinbeck used details from this area to describe the
Tiflin Ranch in The Red Pony
Early in his career, Nobel Prize winning writer John Steinbeck told a friend
that he would like to write the story of “all the little towns” and “the farms
and the ranches in the wilder hills” surrounding the Salinas Valley in Northern
California where he grew up. He proceeded to set most of his classic tales,
including Cannery Row, East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, and The Red Pony
in this region that he called his “valley of the world” and that today we know
as Steinbeck Country.
Former Monterey Canning
Company Pier, Cannery Row
Settings for Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday
Steinbeck Country: Exploring the Settings for the Stories
takes the reader on a pictorial tour of the landscape, from the Monterey
Peninsula, thorough the Carmel, Salinas, and San Antonio Valleys to the
coastline of Big Sur, that nurtured the writer’s ideas, and
set the stage for his powerful regional novels.
Castle Rock, Corral de
Tierra
Setting for The Pastures of Heaven
Over 125 color photos are supplemented with
corresponding quotations from Steinbeck’s work together with descriptions of
each area, references to the stories that took place there, and a short
illustrated biography.
Mission San Antonio de
Padua, Jolon
Setting for To A God Unknown
Praise for Steinbeck Country:
“A wonderful new handbook for travels in Steinbeck Country.”
David Hoekstra, Travel Editor, Chicago Sun-Times
“Beautiful photographs and a well researched text bring Steinbeck Country to
life for tourists as well as readers unable to visit California.”
Dr. Susan Shillinglaw,
Director,
The Martha Cox Heasley Center for Steinbeck Studies,
San Jose State University, California
“This book is an excellent resource for visitors who wish to explore the many
sides of Steinbeck Country.”
Kim Greer,
CEO, The National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, California
“A wonderful guide to Steinbeck Country. It is extremely well researched and
written.”
Joanna Levin,
Fellow,
English Department, Stanford University.
"This
beautifully illustrated souvenir guide to Steinbeck Country sites is a marvelous
and entertaining resource for anyone interested in the life and work of the
California-born writer. It features quotations from Steinbeck's writing as well
as descriptions of the towns, ranches and vineyards associated with him."
-
June
Sawyers,
The Resourceful Traveler, Chicago Tribune
“Nicely conceived
and executed, brimming with excellent color photographs. It will make a perfect
holiday gift.”
- Margot Petit Nichols, The Carmel Pinecone
Mural overlooking The
National Steinbeck Center, Salinas
Setting for East of Eden and other stories
Steinbeck Country: Exploring the Settings for the Stories takes the reader on
a journey through the following areas of Steinbeck Country:
Big Sur Coastline
Cannery Row
Carmel
Carmel Valley
Corral de Tierra
Garden of Memories
Monterey
Oldtown Salinas
Pacific Grove
Salinas Valley
San Antonio Valley
Spreckles
National Steinbeck Center
Steinbeck Homes
Each area is characterized by a corresponding
quotation from the writer’s work together with numerous color photographs
accompanied by detailed caption information. An example of the section on the
Salinas Valley is shown below.
About the Author
Travel writer/photographer David A. Laws's articles on western regional themes have been published in the
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, San Jose Mercury News, The
Oregonian, and other publications. He has written for Steinbeck Studies,
the journal of the Center for Steinbeck Studies, the Steinbeck Yearbook and
contributed photographs to the anthology John
Steinbeck: A Centennial Tribute. He also presented at the John Steinbeck
Centennial Conference at Hofstra University, New York and the 2003 Annual
Steinbeck Festival in Salinas, California.
Click here for more biographical information
Steinbeck Country: Exploring the Settings for the Stories
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Windy Hill Publications (ISBN#: 0-9723874-0-4)
126 color photos, 2 maps
6 ¾" x 9 ½", saddlestich binding, printed on high quality gloss stock
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