In the 1950s, Steinbeck sought to reinterpret the legend, but the resulting book remained ... and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage.” “In many ways, Carol’s story is all too familiar ...

Told in Steinbeck’s trademark empathic, colloquial, and observational style, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ is a story of strength, suffering, family, injustice, humanity, and hope in the face of ...

Dunkle’s book may help elevate Babb’s status, not simply because it so thoroughly explores the Steinbeck affair but because it succeeds at doing what all good literary biographies do ...

The refugees Babb met at the camps were not all poor ... if Sanora Babb and John Steinbeck had thoroughly discussed an identical theme and set out to write their separate books—so similar ...

Novelist John Steinbeck, left, and marine biologist Ed Ricketts co-authored a beloved book after their 1940 adventure ... He corresponded with scientists all over the world, and he was friends ...