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 * __JOHN STEINBECK__**
 * __[|h1962ttp://www.steinbeck.org/Bio.html]__**

Topic approval: John Steinbeck changed the world with his writing.

Thesis Statement: John Steinbeck used his powerful voice in his writing to change the world with family loyalty, trust, devotion.

Gourley, Catherine. "Sirs Discoverer". 4/29/10 <[|www.sirsdiscoverer.com]>.

1. Won Nobel Peace Price 1962. 2. Was a poor migrant worker. 3. Wrote about poor workers 4. 1902-1968 5. writes about places they grew up 6. bitter sweet lessons they learned in life 7. Salinas valley, california 8. worked for agicultural companies 9. alway felt injustice 10. dreamed of a better life 11. used voice to change world 12. "his sympathies always go out to the oppressed to the misfits and the distressed." 13. grapes of wrath- great depression 14. grapes of wrath- tom joad dedicates life to help people 15. grapes of wrath- toms mom asks where he will be when he leaves he say things like, ill be where ever people are in need. 16. books drew attention to unjust conditions, 17. books opened many eyes. 18. after grapes of wrath was written he made many enemies 19. cop warned him people may be out to kill him, to always travel with a few friends 20. wrote to create peope who were better people then he was.

bailey, colleen. "John Steinbeck". 4/29/10 <[]>.

1. German/ Irish 2. mother loved that he wrote 3. graduated in 1919 4. stanford university 5. english major 6. first novel- cup of gold 1929 7. 1st wife- carol henning 8. tortilla flat was first major book 9. was a war correspondant for NY herald tribune 10. wrote alot about human condition 11. private person 12. shunned publicity 13. died december 20 14. one son- thomas 15. married 3 times 16. ashed in garden of memories in salinas california 17. feb 27 birthday 18. dads name also john s 19. 3 sisters 20. over 19 awards/honors

"Books: John Steinbeck, 1902-1968". Magazine. 4/29/10 <[|www.time.com]>.

1. died of heart disease 2. died in manhattan of age 66 3. storys were moralizing 4. grapes of wrath- made to movie 5. east of eden- made to movie 6. had a pacific view of life 7. writes about moral standerds and beliefs 8. doesnt think he earned alot of the honors and awards he got 9. wrote 16 novels 10. grapes of wrath best one 11. it got most critized 12. got torn appart for it 13. professional storyteller 14. worked flawed at times 15. emotional/ sentimental 16. mice of men 17. it was about stregth and weaknesses 18. prolific writer 19. had a love of the land 20. anger with society

tannenbaum, barbara. "trail steinbeck". stanford magazine. 4/29/10 <[]>.

1. 20th century writer 2. californias most famous writer 3. rarely changed his mind while writing 4. 1st wife was alot of inspiration 5. at stanford theres a vault with paper written by him and other authors 6. always want nobel prize 7. steinbeck felt loyalty to the school 8. many of his papers are also at other colleges over the states 9. 3rd wife told people alot after he died 10.. 22 novels 11. 12 non fiction 12. 3 flim scripts 13. tons of newspaper articles and magazine essays 14. pierpont morgan holds the actual diary entrys of travels with charlie 15. took a trip with his dog 16. made a bestseller from it 17. has huge records of steinbeck 18. journalist 19. encountered alot of hostilaty 20. did 36 page screan play about censorship