{"product_id":"carol-and-john-steinbeck-portrait-of-a-marriage-9781647791803","title":"Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage","description":"Carol Henning Steinbeck, writer John Steinbeck's first wife, was his creative anchor and the inspiration for his great works of the 1930s, which culminated with the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e in 1939. When Carol and John met at Lake Tahoe in 1928, their personalities immediately meshed in creative synergy. In the next decade, the formative years that brought forth \u003ci\u003eThe Red Pony\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOf Mice and Men\u003c\/i\u003e, Carol and John lived in San Francisco, Eagle Rock, Pacific Grove, and Los Gatos. Their modernist circle of friends included Ed Ricketts, Joseph Campbell, John Cage, and Lincoln Steffens. But above all it was Carol who was essential in helping the novelist find his voice, leading him to write of his home, California, and the plight of the people around him. In many ways, Carol's story is all too familiar: a creative and intelligent woman subsumes her own life and work into those of her husband. Together, they brought forth one of the most enduring novels of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Susan Shillinglaw's extensive research for this biography included new interviews as well as previously unpublished Steinbeck and Ricketts manuscripts and letters, and Carol Henning's own artworks, scrapbooks, and poetry. \u003ci\u003eCarol and John Steinbeck\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to focus on the writer's first marriage and its decisive early influences on his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Shillinglaw\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the leading experts on John Steinbeck's life and work, directed the Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University from 1987 to 2005, and the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas from 2015 to.2018. She is coeditor of John Steinbeck's \u003ci\u003eAmerica and Americans\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Selected Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSteinbeck and the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as \u003ci\u003eSteinbeck's Uneasy America\u003c\/i\u003e: Re-Reading \u003ci\u003eTravels with Charley\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eA Journey into Steinbeck's California\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReading the Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e. She is professor emerita of English at San Jose State University, where she was named President's Scholar. Currently, she serves on the boards of Western Flyer Foundation and the Tor House Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nevada Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50870562914578,"sku":"9781647791803","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bcd8f66e-4a86-487b-be38-8c5b9081f3e5.jpg?v=1737809476","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/carol-and-john-steinbeck-portrait-of-a-marriage-9781647791803","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}