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
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
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
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