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RATINGS: Sites are rated from 1 owl (good) to a high of 5 owls. Read more- John Steinbeck: The California Novels
Has reading John Steinbeck's work got you curious about Salinas Valley? Learn more about these "pastures of heaven." This website has loads of resources for Salinas Valley, including the history and pictures of the California spot. Don't forget to check out the plot summaries for Steinbeck's novels while you're here.
- Voices from the Dust Bowl
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath depicts one family's struggle to survive the the drought-ridden Midwest of the Great Depression. If you want to know more about Dust Bowl refugees, check out this Library of Congress website. The online collection documents the experiences of residents of Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941. Audio recordings, photos, manuscripts and other materials are also available.
The Migrant Experience This site gives an overview on how a deadly drought forced a huge westward migration. It also explains why California offered farmworkers their best hope in surviving the dust-ridden Great Plains.
- Naturalism in American Literature
John Steinbeck was a practitioner of naturalism. In his work everything exists as a part of nature and can be explained by natural and material causes. Read more about the philosophical movement that found its way into literature here at this Gonzaga University page.
- John Steinbeck - Roots
John Steinbeck writes, "... the one inseparable unit, man and his environment. Why they should ever have been understood as being separate I do not know." For a time, Steinbeck and his native California were an inseparable unit, joined by fiction. This excellent site from Empire Webzine vividly charts "Steinbeck Country," the real life settings for the author's works. Go on to explore the chronology and essay sections also found here.
- The National Steinbeck Center
This flashy website is the online home of the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California. Students who click on over can expect a wealth of information on both the author, his novels, and the area he made famous. Follow the hyperlinks along the bottom of the screen enjoy all that this exceptional site has to offer.
- John Steinbeck's Pacific Grove
Take a self-guided tour through Steinbeck country at this independent website. With plenty of pictures and helpful explanations of what visitors are viewing, this site is a helpful resource for helping students picture the world Steinbeck lived in and wrote about.
Steinbeck and the Social Conscience
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