Steinbeck
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Steinbeck (plural Steinbecks)
A surname.
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About the same time, Steinbeck recorded readings of several of his short stories for Columbia Records ; the recordings provide a record of Steinbeck's deep, resonant voice.
According to the American Library Association Steinbeck was one of the ten most frequently banned authors from 1990 to 2004, with Of Mice and Men ranking sixth out of 100 such books in the United States.
According to Steinbeck's son Thom, Steinbeck went on the trip, because he knew he was dying and wanted to see the country one last time.
Although modest about his own talent as a writer, Steinbeck talked openly of his own admiration of certain writers.
Apparently taken aback by the critical reception of this novel, and the critical outcry when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, Steinbeck published no more fiction in the next six years before his death.
Although Carol accompanied Steinbeck on the trip, their marriage was beginning to suffer, and ended a year later, in 1941, even as Steinbeck worked on the manuscript for the book.