Up Close: John Steinbeck (Up Close)

by Milton Meltzer

Hardcover, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

BIO

Publication

Viking

Pages

237

Description

A biography of twentieth-century American journalist and author, John Steinbeck, that chronicles both his personal and professional life and classic works that reflect upon some of the most turbulent times of American history.

Description

John Steinbeck consistently appears on class reading lists across the U.S., and his work has influenced generations. Steinbeck lived and wrote during some of the most eventful and controversial eras of twentieth-century America, including the struggles of California’s migrant workers during the 1930s, which led to his masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath.
A complicated man whose personal life often took a backseat to his writing—he fought his way through three marriages, was a distant father, and battled with alcoholism—Steinbeck wrote because he was compelled to. Yet he always doubted his abilities, and lived in fear of never writing a decent book.
Milton Meltzer’s biography includes numerous excerpts of this iconic author’s writing, and is the latest addition to the Up Close series.

Series

Collection

Barcode

1993

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

237 p.; 7.3 inches

ISBN

9780670061396

User reviews

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I perused this book and found it to be a good, age-appropriate biography. The formatting is very straight-forward. There are a few pictures, but not many. The chapters are numbered, rather than titled. I think it would make a good student companion to any of Steinbeck's novels.

Rating

½ (4 ratings; 4.8)

Call number

BIO
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