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The Best John Steinbeck Biographies, Part I
As Clay prepares for the second leg of his Travels with Charley journey, Russ Eagle offers suggestions on John Steinbeck biographies for those interested in knowing more about the author.
Though Steinbeck took deliberate steps to trip up future biographers, the fruits of their labors have served his reputation well in the half-century since his death.
John Steinbeck abhorred publicity of any kind.
Even after struggling for seven years early in his career while earning less than $900, he resisted his publishers when they sought biographical material for publicity purposes. “Unless I can stand in a crowd without any self-consciousness and watch things from an uneditorialized point of view,” he said, “I’m going to have a hell of a hard time.” As late as Travels with Charley (1961), he was still lamenting readers who were “more interested in what I wear than in what I think.” Though he mello
