LEARNING FROM STEINBECK

Story ID:	2574
Written by:	Dick Meister (bio, link, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Travel
Location:	Monterey CA USA
Year:	2007
Person:	John Steinbeck

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Posted 07/27/2007 22:24 by Nancy J. Kopp | Reply

I would love to visit the Steinbeck Center. Could probably spend many happy hours there.
Nancy

Posted 07/28/2007 15:33 by Dick Meister | Reply

You certainly should get there if you can. Great man. Great place.
Dick

Posted 07/30/2007 14:20 by Kathe M. Campbell | Reply

When the billboards advertised Steinbeck's great works (incl. East of Eden) we always knew the movies would be superb, and they were. To this day I never tire of Steinbeck's cinema encores....Kathe

Posted 07/30/2007 17:52 by Dick Meister | Reply

Couldn't agree with you more on Steinbeck-based films. Rarely, if ever, have I seen films based on great books that, like those based on Steinbeck works, are as great as the books and that so accurately and artisically translate the printed pages to the screen. "East of Eden" certainly is one, as is, of course, the masterpiece, "Grapes of Wrath."