The Long Valley

by John Steinbeck

  The Grapes of Wrath

  Introduction by Robert DeMott

  This Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression follows the

  western movement of one family and a nation in search of work and

  human dignity. ISBN 978-0-14-018640-6

  East of Eden

  Introduction by David Wyatt

  The masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is the powerful

  and vastly ambitious novel that is both family saga and a modern

  retelling of the book of Genesis. ISBN 978-0-14-018639-0

  Of Mice and Men

  Introduction by Susan Shillinglaw

  A parable about commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss, Of Mice and

  Men remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels.

  ISBN 978-0-14-018642-0

  Cannery Row

  Introduction by Susan Shillinglaw

  Steinbeck's tough but loving portrait evokes the lives of Monterey's

  vital laboring class and their emotional triumph over the bleak existence

  of life in Cannery Row. ISBN 978-0-14-018737-3

  The Pearl

  Introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin with Drawings by Jose Clemente

  Orozco

  The diver Kino believes that his discovery of a beautiful pearl means the

  promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His fall from innocence

  is one of Steinbeck's most moving stories about the American

  dream. ISBN 978-0-14-018738-0

  Travels with Charley in Search of America

  Introduction by Jay Parini

  In September 1960, Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a

  journey across America. A picaresque tale, this chronicle of their trip

  meanders along scenic backroads and speeds along anonymous superhighways,

  moving from small towns to growing cities to glorious

  wilderness oases. ISBN 978-0-14-018741-0

  The Portable John Steinbeck

  Edited by Pascal Covici, Jr.

  This grand sampling of Steinbeck's most important works includes two

  complete novels, Of Mice and Men and The Red Pony, as well as excerpts

  from many of his other books, short stories, and his 1962 Nobel

  Prize Acceptance Speech. ISBN 978-0-14-015002-5

  America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction

  Edited by Susan Shillinglaw and Jackson J. Benson

  This original new collection brings together for the first time more than

  fifty of Steinbeck's finest essays and journalistic pieces, along with the

  complete text of his last-published and long-out-of-print America and

  Americans. ISBN 978-0-14-243741-4

  Burning Bright

  Written as a play in story form, this novel traces the story of a man ignorant

  of his own sterility, a wife who commits adultery to give her husband

  a child, the father of that child, and the outsider whose actions

  affect them all. ISBN 978-0-14-018742-7

  Cup of Gold

  Steinbeck's first novel, and the only historical novel he ever wrote, brings to

  life the exciting, violent adventures of the infamous pirate Henry Morgan.

  ISBN 978-0-14-018743-4

  In Dubious Battle

  Introduction and Notes by Warren French

  This powerful social novel, set in the California apple country, is a story

  of labor unrest in the migrant community and the search for identity of

  its protagonist, young Jim Nolan. ISBN 978-0-14-018641-3

  The Log from the Sea of Cortez

  Introduction by Richard Astro

  This exciting day-by-day account of Steinbeck's trip to the Gulf of California

  with biologist Ed Ricketts, drawn from the longer Sea of Cortez,

  is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-spirited

  adventure. ISBN 978-0-14-018744-1

  The Long Valley

  Introduction by John H. Timmerman

  First published in 1938, this collection of stories set in the rich farmland

  of the Salinas Valley includes the O. Henry Prize-winning story

  "The Murder," as well as one of Steinbeck's most famous short works,

  "The Snake." ISBN 978-0-14-018745-8

  The Moon Is Down

  Introduction by Donald V. Coers

  In this masterful tale set in Norway during World War II, Steinbeck explores

  the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. As

  he delves into the emotions of the German commander and the Norwegian

  traitor, and depicts the spirited patriotism of the Norwegian underground,

  Steinbeck uncovers profound, often unsettling truths about war--and

  about human nature. ISBN 978-0-14-018746-5

  Once There Was a War

  Steinbeck's dispatches filed from the front lines during World War II

  vividly evoke the human side of the war. ISBN 978-0-14-018747-2

  The Pastures of Heaven

  Introduction and Notes by James Nagel

  Each of these interconnected tales is devoted to a family living in a

  fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects,

  either intentional or unwitting, that one family has on all of them.

  ISBN 978-0-14-018748-9

  The Red Pony

  Introduction by John Seelye

  This cycle of coming-of-age stories tells of a spirited adolescent boy

  whose encounters with birth and death teach him about loss and profound

  emptiness, instead of giving him the more conventional hero's

  pragmatic "maturity." ISBN 978-0-14-018739-7

  A Russian Journal

  With Photographs by Robert Capa

  Introduction by Susan Shillinglaw

  First published in 1948, A Russian Journal is a remarkable memoir and

  unique historical document that records the writer and acclaimed war

  photographer's journey through Cold War Russia.

  ISBN 978-0-14-118019-9

  The Short Reign of Pippin IV

  Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution

  upside down, creating the hilarious characters of the motley royal court

  of King Pippin. ISBN 978-0-14-018749-6

  Sweet Thursday

  Returning to the scene of Cannery Row-the weedy lot and junk heaps

  and flophouses of Monterey, California--Steinbeck once more brings to

  life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears, from Fauna,

  new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother

  must have wanted a daughter. ISBN 978-0-14-018750-2

  To a God Unknown

  Introduction and Notes by Robert DeMott

  Set in familiar Steinbeck territory, To a God Unknown is a mystical

  tale, exploring one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and,

  ultimately, to understand the ways of God. ISBN 978-0-14-018751-9

  Tortilla Flat

  Introduction by Thomas Fensch

  Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck

  created a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above Monterey on the California

  coast and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. As Steinbeck

  chronicles their thoughts and emotions, temptations and lusts, he

  spins a tale as compelling, and ultimately as touched by sorrow, as the

  famous legends of the Round Table. ISBN 978-0-14-018740-3

  The Wayward Bus

  In this imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California's

  back roads, Steinbeck creates a vivid assortment of characters,

  all running away from their shattered dream
s but hoping that they are

  running toward the promise of a future. ISBN 978-0-14-018752-6

  The Winter of Our Discontent

  Ethan Hawley works as a clerk in the grocery store owned by an Italian

  immigrant. His wife is restless, and his teenaged children are hungry for

  the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a

  moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own

  scrupulous standards. ISBN 978-0-14-018753-3

  John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography

  Jackson J. Benson

  "The Definitive biography of John Steinbeck... A book rich in detail, in

  anecdote, in literary criticism... Benson's book is a milestone."--San

  Francisco Chronicle ISBN 978-0-14-014417-8

  Winner of the PEN-West USA Award for Nonfiction