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John Steinbeck, the Good Companion
by Carlton A. Sheffield
ISBN: 0887393500
ISBN-13: 9780887393501
Format: Paperback
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Summary
This affectionate memoir of Nobel Prize-winning American writer John Steinbeck by his friend Carlton Sheffield covers the years of their friendship, from 1919 at Stanford University to their old age. Sheffield provided Steinbeck with a critic, a sounding board, and a drinking buddy.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Creative Arts Book Co
Published date: 2002
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.85 pounds
Pages: 182
Publisher's Notes
Chronicles the life of the American novelist through the eyes of a longtime friend and drinking companion, discussing Steinbeck's education, jobs, writing, and personality.
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John Steinbeck: The Good Companion
Carlton A. Sheffield
Creative Arts Book Company. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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John Steinbeck: The Good Companion (Qty: 10)
Carlton A. Sheffield
Creative Arts Book Company, 2002-01. Paperback. New. Brand New Item_Not A Remainder ( more information) Offered by R&R Books (United States)
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John Steinbeck, the Good Companion
Sheffield, Carlton A
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Creative Arts Book Co., 2002 Clean, tight & square.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by James Sroda, Bookseller (United States)
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Sheffield, Carlton A
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Creative Arts Book Co., 2002 Trade Paperback, 234 pages; As New.. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by James Sroda, Bookseller (United States)
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John Steinbeck, the Good Companion
Sheffield, Carlton A
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Creative Arts Book Company, 2002. New book. From cover: The friendship between "Dook" Sheffield and John Steinbeck began when they were dorm mates at Stanford. They took the same literature classes, wrote the same bad verse, chased the same girls, and later tried to make money as traveling salesmen and laborers at the same sugar refinery in Salinas. As married men, they drank too much and talked about art in Sheffield’s house, nurturing a friendship that would last until Steinbeck’s death in 1968. Here we see Steinbeck as Sheffield knew him; a very complex man, shy but arrogant, full of delightful vanities, prone to bizarre antics, equally capable of abiding affection and casual cruelty. Here, finally, is Sheffield’s version of that simple misunderstanding that interrupted, but could not destroy, a lifetime’s friendship. -Editor Terry White. Trade Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography & Memoir. ( more information) Offered by Blue Frog Fine Books (United States)
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Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Creative Arts Book Co., 2002 Trade Paperback, 234 pages; As New.. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by James Sroda, Bookseller (United States)
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Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2002. Paperback As New Softcover copy; As New condition; Carlton "Dook" Sheffield's personal memoir of his longtime friendship with the well known author John Steinbeck ( more information) Offered by Wellington Square Bookshop (United States)
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Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Creative Arts Book Co., 2002 Trade Paperback, 234 pages; As New.. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by James Sroda, Bookseller (United States)
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Sheffield, Carlton A
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Creative Arts Book Co, 2002. "Dook" Sheffield was John Steinbeck's roommate in college at Stanford.. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Wayward Books (United States)
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John Steinbeck, the Good Companion: His Friend Dook's Memoir
Sheffield, Carlton A., And Blum, Richard H. A. (Introduction by), and White, Terry (Edited by)
Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Company, 2002 Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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John Steinbeck : The Good Companion
White, Terry (editor)
Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001. Carlton A. Sheffield, "Dook" was Steinbeck's lifelong friend and roommate at Stanford.. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Fine/No Jacket. ( more information) Offered by Wayward Books (United States)
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