John Steinbeck

  • Born

    Born
    John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. born February 27, 1902. His mom was Oliver Hamilton who shared the same passion of reading and writing with him.Witch should he was intelligent and maybe his mom engorged him to be a writer
  • No degree (dont know the exact date just year)

    No degree (dont know the exact date just year)
    He left Stanford University on 1925 without a degree.That shows he was mayde a foolish person at that time.
  • Good bye (dont know the exact date just year)

    Good bye (dont know the exact date just year)
    In1925 he traveled to New York City to pursuing his dream of becoming a writer.This showed he was determined on making his dreams come true.
  • work time (dont know the exact date just year)

    work time (dont know the exact date just year)
    He had a job as a reporter in New York in 1925.This shows he was dedicated on doing anything to get his foot in the door to become a writer.
  • married first time (dont know the exact date just year and month)

    married first time (dont know the exact date just year and month)
    He was married to Carol Henningin January 1930.She was not he first wife so i believe he was picky when it came to women.
  • here to help (dont know the exact date just year)

    here to help (dont know the exact date just year)
    In 1934 he cared for his ill mother before she died in .This shows that he was a caring man that believed in a loving family.
  • Of Mice and Men (dont know the exact date just year)

    Of Mice and Men (dont know the exact date just year)
    Of Mice and Men in 1937was pudlished .He got the material for the book from the harsher aspects of migrant life and the darker side of human nature.That he was observant to issues around him.
  • big shot (dont know the exact date just year)

    big shot (dont know the exact date just year)
    In 1939 he wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath.This show Was talented,and gifted,enlightening trying to make what he wrote the best it could be .
  • married 2 (dont know the exact date just year and month)

    married 2  (dont know the exact date just year and month)
    In March, 1943, Steinbeck's divorce from Carol became final He was married to Gwyndolyn "Gwyn" Conger on March 1943. With his second wife Steinbeck had his only children with.This shows he was loving beacuse he found someone to have kids with.
  • War time (dont know the exact date just year)

    War time (dont know the exact date just year)
    In 1943, Steinbeck served as a World War II war correspondent.This show is has Patriotism because he wanted to serve his country proudly.
  • i got it (dont know the exact date just year)

    i got it (dont know the exact date just year)
    He bought his childhood dream house in 1944.This showed he was a passionate man.
  • Travels (dont know the exact date just year)

    Travels (dont know the exact date just year)
    In 1947 he made the first of many trips to the Soviet Union. He visited Moscow, Kiev, Tbilisi, Batumi and Stalingrad, becoming some of the first Westerners to visit many parts of the USSR since the communist revolution. He wrote his book about these experiences, A Russian Journal, was illustrated with Capa's photos.This shows he was adventures going on many trips around the world.
  • Made it in (dont know the exact date just year)

    Made it in (dont know the exact date just year)
    In 1948 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.showing that people saw something in him for voting him in thinking he had talent and ambition in his writings.
  • lost a friend (dont know the exact date just year and month)

    lost a friend (dont know the exact date just year and month)
    On May 1948 he traveled to California on an emergency trip to be with his closest friend Ed Ricketts, who had been seriously injured but was hours late and his friend died befor he made it.This shows that at a time he was depressed and a deprresing person.
  • married 3 (dont know the exact date just year and month)

    married 3  (dont know the exact date just year and month)
    On December 1950 he was married to Elaine Scott.She was wife number 3.They stayed together till he died.This shows that he is lucky because he fainlly found the right wife.
  • R.I.P

    R.I.P
    He died in New York City on December 20, 1968 from heart disease and congestive heart failure. He was 66.He had earlier written to his doctor that he felt deeply "in his flesh" that he would not survive his physical death, and that the biological end of his life was the final end to it. This shows that he was some what of a disturbed man after all he has been through.