Steinbeck: A Life in Letters Paperback - 1989
by John Steinbeck; Elaine Steinbeck (Editor); Robert Wallsten (Editor)
Summary
For John Steinbeck, who hated the telephone, letter-writing was a preparation for work and a natural way for him to communicate his thoughts on people he liked and hated; on marriage, women, and children; on the condition of the world; and on his progress in learning his craft. Opening with letters written during Steinbeck's early years in California, and closing with a 1968 note written in Sag Herbor, New York, Steinbeck: A Life in Letters reveals the inner thoughts and rough character of this American author as nothing else has and as nothing else ever will.
"The reader will discover as much about the making of a writer and the creative process, as he will about Steinbeck. And that's a lot." Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
"A rewarding book of enduring interest, this becomes a major part of the Steinbeck canon." The Wall Street Journal
First line
Dear Toby: Do you know, one of the things that made me come here, was, as you guessed, that I am frightfully afraid of being alone.
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- Title Steinbeck: A Life in Letters
- Author John Steinbeck; Elaine Steinbeck (Editor); Robert Wallsten (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Paperback
- Pages 928
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date April 1, 1989
- ISBN 9780140042887 / 0140042881
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5.1 x 2.1 in (19.56 x 12.95 x 5.33 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Novelists, American - 20th century, Novelists, American - 20th century -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 76018821
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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