Steinbeck, John
Summary: "There is no writer more quintessentially American than John Steinbeck. More than three decades after his death, he remains one of America's most beloved authors. Yet his nonfiction--the writings in which he spoke directly about his world--have long been overlooked. Now, in celebration of the centennial of his birth, this original collection brings together for the first time more than fifty of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2002
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Summary: Steinbeck in Vietnam offers for the first time a complete collection of the dispatches Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent for Newsday. Rejected by the military because of his reputation as a subversive, and reticent to document the war officially for the Johnson administration, Steinbeck saw in Newsday a unique opportunity to put his skills to use. Between December 1966 and May 1967, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Virginia Press 2012