John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck: An American Writer

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
  • Library Hall
A documentary film about John Ernst Steinbeck Jr., the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and author of The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men and East of Eden.

Steinbeck dropped out of college and worked as a manual laborer before achieving success as a writer. His works often dealt with social and economic issues. His 1939 novel, The Grapes of Wrath, about the migration of a family from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to California, won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. Steinbeck served as a war correspondent during World War II, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.

Run time: 1 hour

This is a featured event in the 2018 ONE BOOK STEAMBOAT community read of John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath.