The name “Western Flyer” was the name of a boat that author John Steinbeck chartered in 1940 to get out of town after “The ...

Steinbeck mined her research for “The Grapes of Wrath.” Then her own Dust Bowl novel was squashed Migrant camp worker Sanora Babb wrote what could have been the era's definitive book.

Transportation Secretary invites Americans to explore the country through the great American road trip, featuring 250 destinations for the nation's 250th anniversary.

In John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel “The Grapes of Wrath,” the Joad family doesn’t just migrate west. They drive there. And in certain parts, their car isn’t an extra.

Thomas Steinbeck, Novelist and Son of John Steinbeck, Dies at 72 Mr. Steinbeck, the author of a short-story collection and two novels, drew attention for a legal battle for rights to his father ...

In “The Grapes of Wrath,” John Steinbeck captures the suffocating dust storms and drought that plagued the Great Plains ...

The Western Flyer completed a 4,700-mile journey, retracing a historic route with students and scientists aboard, bringing ...

Pickles and pickle brine have been an ingredient that mixologists — and chefs — have played with for a long time, but they’re ...

The Fulbright Program, a bipartisan program that has been a proven investment in education and diplomacy for nearly 80 years, ...

Thomas Steinbeck, Novelist and Son of John Steinbeck, Dies at 72 Mr. Steinbeck, the author of a short-story collection and two novels, drew attention for a legal battle for rights to his father ...