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Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California
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Decides to beome a writer.
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Enrolls at Stanford University.
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Drops out of Stanford to be a writer.
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Wrote his first novel, Cup of Gold. Also met and married first wife, Carol.
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Second novel, Pastures of Heaven.
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Wrote To A God Unknown
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Wrote Tortilla Flat
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Wrote In Dubious Battle
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Wrote Of Mice and Men
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Wrote The Long Valley
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Wrote The Grapes of Wrath
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Won a Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath
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Traveled and wrote The Sea of Cortez
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Wrote Cannery Row
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Wrote Burning Bright
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Wrote East of Eden
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Wrote Winter of Our Discontent
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Wrote Travels With Charley: In Search of America. Also won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Died of Heart Disease in New York City.