![]() ![]() Never wealthy, the family was nonetheless prominent in the small town of 3,000, for both parents engaged in community activities. The observant, shy but often mischievous only son had, for the most part, a happy childhood growing up with two older sisters, Beth and Esther, and a much-adored younger sister, Mary. ![]() "I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer-and what trees and seasons smelled like." "I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers," he wrote in the opening chapter of East of Eden. As a child growing up in the fertile Salinas Valley -called the "Salad Bowl of the Nation" - Steinbeck formed a deep appreciation of his environment, not only the rich fields and hills surrounding Salinas, but also the nearby Pacific coast where his family spent summer weekends. His mother, the strong-willed Olive Hamilton Steinbeck, was a former teacher. His father, John Ernst Steinbeck, was not a terribly successful man at one time or another he was the manager of a Sperry flour plant, the owner of a feed and grain store, the treasurer of Monterey County. John Steinbeck was born in the farming town of Salinas, California on 27 February 1902. First Edition Thus (1965), not directly stated, but implied by lack of subsequent printings cited.Steinbeck in 1909 with his sister Mary, sitting on the red pony, Jill, at the Salinas Fairgrounds. Bantam Books No.H3019, Mass Market Paperback. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. ![]() A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very light wear and a couple of unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear along the outside edge of the backstrip, where it meets the front panel mild rubbing to the panels of the wrapper covers a couple of faint creases top to bottom of the backstrip and a couple of very small, very faint stress creases to the panels the binding is square and secure the text is clean. First Edition Thus (1965), not directly stated, but implied by lack of subsequent printings cited, as would have been Bantam's customary practice at the time of publication. ![]()
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