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Events and outreach programming makes up the bulk of the National Steinbeck Center's time, effort, and budget. The center plans and runs over 40 events a year. The major events the center is known for is the annual Steinbeck Festival, Steinbeck's Birthday Celebration, [4] the Steinbeck Young Authors Program, [5] and the Salinas Valley Comic Con ...
The John Steinbeck House is a historic house restaurant and house museum in Salinas, California. The house was the birthplace and family home of author John Steinbeck (1902–1968). It is noted for its Queen Anne architecture. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [2]
Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. [8] He was of German, English, and Irish descent. [9] Johann Adolf Großsteinbeck (1828–1913), Steinbeck's paternal grandfather, was a founder of Mount Hope, a short-lived farming colony in Palestine that disbanded after Arab attackers killed his brother and raped his brother's wife and mother-in-law. [10]
The Spreckels Sugar Company was founded by entrepreneur, industrialist, newspaper publisher, and railroad executive Claus Spreckels (1828–1908) in February 1899. He founded the company town of Spreckels, California, just south of the city of Salinas, California, in 1897, but his descendants began to relinquish control when they started selling homes in the community to the public c. 1925.
Salinas (/ s ə ˈ l iː n ə s /; Spanish for "Salt Flats") is a city in the U.S. state of California and the seat of government of Monterey County.With a population of 163,542 in the 2020 Census, Salinas is the most populous city in Monterey County. [10]
Steinbeck's inspiration for the novel comes from the fourth chapter of Genesis, verses one through sixteen, which recounts the story of Cain and Abel. Steinbeck took the title, East of Eden, from Genesis, Chapter 4, verse 16: "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the Land of Nod, on the east of Eden" (King James Version ...
John Steinbeck House (Salinas, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Monterey County, California Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title John Steinbeck House .
National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, California; Produce Market, Los Angeles; Prudential Office Building, Costa Mesa, California (now California Bank & Trust) South Coast Town Center, Costa Mesa, California (heavily altered) Toyota Headquarters, Torrance, California (demolished [14]) Warner Bros. Office Building, Burbank, California