Biography

John Ernst Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902...more
 

 

Steinbeck in Film

Many of John Steinbeck's novels and novelas have been made into novels throughout the years. The movie based off of Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, as well as many others, bring the imagery to life. Click here for a list of movies.
 

Other sites worth investigation:

Steinbeck Center in Salinas - The Steinbeck center is a nice place to visit and learn about Steinbeck. There are many displays based on Steinbeck's novels, novels, and even short stories.

The Center for Steinbeck Studies

This center is located at San Jose State Univerisity. The center has just relocated so it will have more room for Steinbeck!
More to come soon. Do you have a favorite Steinbeck site? Let me know

 
   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some maps of the routes traveled by characters in Steinbeck's novels.

This is a map of route 66; a common traveling ro ute for imigrants such as the Joad Family. This is a great way to see the route taken by many characters of Steinbeck's novels. This site provides maps for seven of Steinbeck's California novels.

 

 

The Joad family and the Dustbowl

John Steinbeck integrates his surroundings into his novels, short stories and novelas. Steinbeck's most well know novel,The Grapes of Wrath, allows reader's to travel from Oklahoma to California. The Joad family were among the 200,000 migrants to eventually come to California. more

This site was created by Nicolas Quintana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 

Steinbeck and Mexico

This link will take you to an interesting class projects that was completed by my Steinbeck Seminar classmate. Learn more about Zapata and mexican history. The true history of the man Steinbeck wrote about in the novel Zapata! ...more