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by Susan Shillinglaw


  Encina Hall (Stanford), 52, 52

  Endangered Species Act, 105

  Enea, Sparky, 118, 126

  Escape from Witch Mountain (1975), 79

  f.64 group, 138

  Fallen Leaf Lake, 57, 58–59

  Famous Recipes by Famous People (Del Monte Hotel), 75

  Faulkner, William, 4, 155

  Fauna ( Sweet Thursday), 114, 118

  Feast of Lanterns, 68

  Field, Maria Antonia, 126

  Field, Sara Bard, 156

  Field, Stevie, 126

  Filipino workers, 36

  “Fingers of Cloud: A Satire on College Protervity” (1924), 9, 36, 54

  Finnegan’s Wake (Joyce), 114

  Fisher, W. K., 104

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 37

  Flavin, Martin Jr., 139

  “Flight” (1938), 8

  Flying A Service Station (Pacific Grove), 98, 98, 126

  Forbes Mill Museum (Los Gatos), 158

  Ford, Bob, 27

  Ford, George and Martha, 158

  Forgotten Village, The (1941), 161, 167

  Fort Hunter Liggett, 45

  Fort Ord, 67

  Fortune magazine, 75

  Forum, 155

  Frémont, John, 38–39

  Fremont Peak, 11, 37–39, 38

  Fruit and Vegetable Workers Union, 149

  Gabilan Mountains, 7, 34

  Gable, Clark, 76

  Galigher, Albert E., 108

  Gannet, Lewis, 166

  Garcia, Johnny, 127

  Garden of Memories Cemetery (Salinas), 29, 30–31

  George (Of Mice and Men), 42, 143–144

  Gitano (The Red Pony), 162

  “God in the Pipes, The,” 121

  “Golden Handcuff, The” (1958), 61

  Golden Restaurant (Monterey), 118

  Golden Stairs restaurant (Monterey), 118

  Gragg, Hattie, 125, 127

  Granger railroad station (Salinas), 30

  Grapes of Wrath, The (1939), 5, 8, 30, 37, 59, 93, 110, 139, 144, 167

  banning of, 157

  California seen in, 147, 149

  critical and public response, 157

  public burning of, 26, 155, 157

  writing of, 142, 147, 149, 150, 152, 153

  grasses, native to California, 35

  Graves, Glenn, 23, 43

  Graves house (Salinas), 23, 23

  Great Depression, 83

  Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald), 66

  Great Tide Pool (Pacific Grove), 99, 99

  Gregory, Sue, 75

  “Gretel” doll house (Carmel), 135

  Griffin house (Salinas), 23

  Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association of Central California, 149

  Guaymas (Mexico), 169

  Guest House (Asilomar), 100

  Guggenheim, Harry, 111

  Gulf of California. See Sea of Cortez

  Gus D, 166

  Hagemeyer, Dora, 133

  Hallum, Monte, 75

  Hamilton, Dessie, 22–23

  Hamilton, Elizabeth (grandmother), 47, 47, 93

  Hamilton Ranch, 47, 47

  Hamilton, Samuel (grandfather), 30, 47, 47, 89

  Hamilton, Tom (uncle), 47

  “Hansel” doll house (Carmel), 135

  “Harness, The” (1934), 35

  Harper’s Magazine, 30, 66

  Hartnell, William, 75

  “Harvest Gypsies, The” (1936), 142, 145–146, 154, 167

  Hat in Three Stages of Landing (Oldenburg and van Bruggen), 15

  Hearst Castle, 100

  Hearst, William Randolph, 46

  Heart of Darkness (Conrad), 114

  Heintz, Dr. J. P., 125

  Helicon Hall, 131

  Hemingway, Ernest and Hadley, 84

  Henning, Carol. See Steinbeck, Carol Henning

  Henning, Idell, 60, 61, 114

  Hermann’s (Monterey), 124

  hermit crabs, 99, 99

  Highway 1 (Monterey Peninsula), 66–67

  history, expressed in Steinbeck’s books, 8–9

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 76

  Hollister, 39

  Holman’s Department Store (Pacific Grove), 92, 94, 126

  Hoovervilles, 145–146

  Hope, Bob, 76, 79

  Hopkins Marine Station (Pacific Grove), 102, 103, 104–105, 104, 105, 110, 113, 123

  Hopkins, Mark, 73

  Hopkins, Timothy, 104

  Hopps, Martin, 25, 25

  Hotel Del Monte (Monterey Peninsula), 71–77, 71, 76, 78, 80, 81, 84, 85, 125

  Hotel Jeffrey (Salinas), 30

  Hovden Cannery, 123

  “How Edith McGillicuddy Met RLS” (1941), 30

  Howe, Julia Ward, 151

  Hunt Brothers Cannery (Los Gatos), 153

  Huntington, Collis P., 73

  Immigration Act of 1924, 36

  In Dubious Battle (1936), 30, 37, 43, 67, 139, 142–143, 150, 167

  Indian creation myth, 112, 112

  Ingels, Beth, 135, 137

  Inside Cannery Row (Ariss), 75

  Iris Canyon (Monterey), 72, 75

  Jack Rabbit Hill (Monterey), 75

  Jacks, David, 71, 73, 89, 91

  Jackson, Joseph Henry, 147, 158

  Japanese, in California, 16, 36, 41

  Jeffers, Robinson, 76, 112, 114, 131, 135, 136–137, 156

  Jenny (East of Eden), 29

  Jerry (Steinbeck dog), 59, 90

  Jewell Park (Pacific Grove), 95

  Joad family (Grapes of Wrath), 147, 149, 155, 166

  Jody (The Red Pony), 7, 8, 38, 162

  Joe Elegant (Sweet Thursday), 114

  John Reed Club, 135, 139

  John Steinbeck Library (Salinas), 26–27, 27

  “Johnny Bear,” 67

  Jolon, 5, 43, 44–45, 44

  Jordan, David Starr, 50–51, 90–91, 104

  Joseph Wayne (To a God Unknown), 66

  Journal of a Novel (1969), 26

  Joyce, James, 114

  Jung, Carl, 114

  Kalisa, 122, 123

  Kate (East of Eden), 29–31

  Keg, the (Travels with Charley), 124

  Kern County, 142, 145, 145, 157

  Ketchum, Hank, 127

  King City, 47

  Kirkland, Jack, 73

  Krishnamurti, 114

  la causa, 39

  La Ida’s (Cannery Row), 123

  La Paz (Mexico), 166, 169–170

  labor

  camps, 145, 145

  field workers, 37

  immigrant, 36

  migrant workers, 44, 149, 150

  strikes, 139, 142–143, 148–149

  working conditions, 39

  “L’Affaire Lettuceberg” (1938), 149

  Lamour, Dorothy, 79

  Lancet, 153

  land use, as leitmotif, 80–81, 149

  Lange, Dorothea, 143, 146, 148, 150

  Lara–Soto adobe (Monterey), 124, 124

  Lawrence, D. H., 3

  Lee Chong (Cannery Row), 80, 102, 122

  Lee (East of Eden), 36, 102, 113

  Lennie (Of Mice and Men), 42, 144

  lettuce strike, in Salinas, 139, 148–149

  Lewis, Sinclair, 131

  Life magazine, 126

  Ligare, David, 45

  Lighthouse Road (Pacific Grove), 93

  Liza Hamilton (East of Eden), 94

  Lloyd, Marjory, 91

  Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951), 113

  Loma Prieta earthquake, 51

  London, Jack, 131

  Lone Cypress (Monterey Peninsula), 79

  Lone Star Café (Monterey), 118

  Long Valley, The (1938), 9, 45, 87

  Lopez, Barry, 6

  Lorentz, Pare, 158

  Loreto (Mexico), 170

  Los Gatos, 141–142, 151, 153, 158

  climate, 151

  locales

  Biddle Ranch (Brush Road house), 154, 155, 157–158

  Cannery Corner,
153

  Cats Restaurant, The 156

  Forbes Mill Museum, 158

  Greenwood Lane, 154–155

  Lexington Reservoir, 158

  Lyndon Hotel/Lyndon Plaza, 158

  Sacred Heart Novitiate, 153

  Testarossa Winery, 150

  Wood and Field house, 156

  map, 151

  Lovejoy, Ritch, 60, 94, 113, 126

  Lovejoy, Tal, 60, 63, 113

  Lovers Point (Pacific Grove), 101, 104

  Lyndon Hotel/Lyndon Plaza (Los Gatos), 158, 158

  Mack (Cannery Row), 80, 115, 127

  Main Street (Salinas), 22, 29–30

  Malloys, the ( Cannery Row), 80

  Mammoth Stables (Pacific Grove), 81

  maps

  Cannery Row, 110

  Carmel, 134

  Central California, 50

  Los Gatos, 151

  Mexico, 163

  Monterey Peninsula, 71, 75

  Pacific Grove, 86

  Salinas, 17

  Salinas Valley, 38

  marine life, 99, 99, 104, 105, 105, 109–111, 116, 163, 170–171

  Martin, Eduardo, 72, 73, 127

  Masson, Paul, 156, 157

  Maxim, Hudson, 94

  Mazatlán (Mexico), 162

  McIntosh & Otis, literary agents, 53, 104–105

  McWilliams, Carey, 132, 148

  Mecca (Carmel), 131

  Medal for Bennie, A (1943), 16, 24

  Melville, Herman, 111

  Memorial Church (Stanford), 50, 51, 52

  Mencken, H. L., 131

  Menuhin, Yehudi, 156

  Meredith, Burgess, 121, 158

  Mexican laborers, 36, 41

  Mexico

  appeal of to Steinbeck, 161

  locales

  Cuernavaca, 164–165, 164

  Mexico City, 163, 164

  map, 163

  See also Baja California; Sea of Cortez

  Mexico City, 163, 164

  Midsummernight (Wilhelmson), 53

  migrant labor. See labor

  Miller, Arthur, 139

  Miller, Ted, 53

  “Miracle of Tehepac, The,” 161

  Mirrielees, Edith, 55, 55

  Miss Cupp (high school math teacher), 55

  Moby Dick (Melville), 111

  Moderne style in art, 24

  modernism, 138

  Monroe, Marilyn, 67

  Monterey Bay, 8, 66, 68, 70, 104, 116

  Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey), 123, 123

  Monterey (city), 5, 66–67, 68

  Anglo development, 71–77

  locales

  adobe, 124

  Alvarado Street, 124

  Cannery Row, 5, 65, 67

  Colton Hall, 124, 124

  Del Monte Beach, 125, 127

  El Encinal Cemetery, 100–101, 127

  El Estero Park, Dennis the Menace Playground, 127

  Old Fisherman’s Wharf, 77, 125

  Public Library, 125

  Wharf #2, 127

  “Path of History,” 124

  prostitution in, 118

  Spanish settlement, 68–71

  See also Cannery Row

  Monterey, Condé de, 69

  Monterey County, 3–5, 11

  mountain ranges of, 7

  wine trail, 44

  See also Salinas Valley

  Monterey County Courthouse (Salinas), 24

  Monterey Jazz Festival, 113

  Monterey Peninsula, 49, 63, 65–68, 75, 142, 158

  economic and social development, 77, 80–81

  fires on, 80, 81

  locales

  Carmel Mission, 8, 24, 69, 70

  Castroville, 34, 67

  Fort Ord, 67

  Highway 1, 66–67

  Hotel Del Monte, 71–77, 71, 77, 80

  Presidio Museum, 69

  Seaside, 67

  Sentinel Point, 79

  17-Mile Drive, 74, 75, 77, 78–79

  map, 71, 75

  paisanos on, 70, 72–73, 75, 77, 80–81, 113

  as setting for Tortilla Flat, 75

  Monterey Peninsula Herald, 68, 72, 75, 76, 103, 118, 122, 126, 127, 139

  Monterey Plaza Hotel, 124

  Monterey Trader, 118

  Moore, Harry Thornton, 42, 142

  Moore, Kalisa, 120, 122

  Mora, Jo, 24, 130

  Morgan, Henry, 56

  Morgan, Julia, 46, 100

  Mors, George, 30, 52, 54

  Morse, Lucy, 72–73

  Morse, Samuel F. B., 74, 76

  Moss Landing, 67

  Mount Toro, 45

  Mountain Winery (Los Gatos), 157

  Mr. Tiflin (The Red Pony), 19

  Mrs. Palochico (Tortilla Flat), 135

  Muir, John, 7

  “Murder, The,” 42

  Murphy, Dennis, 27

  Murphy, Dr., 27

  Murphy home (Salinas), 27

  Murphy, Michael, 27

  mustard seed, 35

  My Favorite Brunette (1947), 79

  National Steinbeck Center, 28–29, 28, 67

  native grasses, 35

  nature, child’s vision of, 10–11

  Needham, Wilbur, 9–10

  Negacol masks, 62–63, 63

  Nesbitt house (Salinas), 25, 26

  Nesbitt, William, 26

  “New Monterey,” 107–108

  New York American, 56

  New York City, 56–57, 62, 161

  New Yorker, The, 113, 134

  Newell, Gordon, 136

  Newell, Una, 137

  Newsweek magazine, 126

  Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby), 66

  Nietzsche, Friedrich, 114

  Nipomo, 150

  Nuestra Senora de Loreto, Mission of, 170

  Of Mice and Men (1937), 7–8, 10, 37, 42, 91, 139, 142, 143–144, 154, 167

  Old Fisherman’s Wharf (Monterey), 77, 125

  Old Post Office (Salinas), 30

  Old Stage Road, 38, 39, 40

  Old Tennis Shoes whiskey, 123

  Oldenburg, Claes, 15

  Older, Fremont, 156

  Omar (Steinbeck dog), 59, 90

  Otis, Elizabeth, 55, 111, 142, 146, 154, 162

  Otsy Totsy dolls, 135

  “Outer Shores, the,” 21

  Pablo (Tortilla Flat), 135

  Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 67

  Pacific Grove, 5, 65, 68, 82–83, 83, 84, 87, 96–97, 151

  as “city of homes,” 93–94

  founding, 89–92

  locales

  Asilomar, 93, 100, 100

  Chautauqua Hall, 90–91

  Chinatown, 9

  Chinese fishing village, 102–103

  El Carmelo Cemetery, 100–101

  El Carmelo Hotel, 95

  Flying A Service Station, 98, 98

  425 Eardly, 93, 93

  Great Tide Pool, 99, 99

  Guest House, 100

  Holman’s Department Store, 92, 94, 126

  Hopkins Marine Station, 102, 104–105, 104, 111, 115, 123

  Jewell Park, 95

  Lighthouse Road, 93

  Lovers Point, 101, 104

  147 11th Street, 87–88, 87, 88, 89, 111

  Point Piños Lighthouse, 101, 101

  Scotch Bakery, 98, 98

  map, 86

  monarch butterflies in, 93

  museum, 95

  roque courts, 95

  Pacific Grove Retreat Association, 89

  Pacific Improvement Company, 68, 74, 84, 91–92, 100, 104

  Packard Foundation, 123

  Paine, Robert Trent, 156

  paisanos, 70, 72–73, 75, 77, 80–81, 113

  Pajaro Valley, 43, 67

  Palo Alto, 52

  Parker, Dorothy, 134

  Paso Robles, 34

  Pastures of Heaven (1932), 9, 42, 43, 45, 137

  Pearl, The, 124, 161, 167

  Pease, H., 132

  Pebble Beach golf course, 72, 74


  Pebble Beach Lodge, 81

  Peter, Paul, and Mary, 39

  Pilon (Tortilla Flat), 72–73, 75, 127, 135

  Pine Inn (Carmel), 131

  Pioda, Charles, 42

  Pipe Dream (Rogers and Hammerstein), 121

  Pirate (Tortilla Flat), 90

  Point Piños Lighthouse (Pacific Grove), 101, 101

  Pomery, Harold, 157

  Portolá expedition (1769), 45

  Portolá, Gaspar de, 69

  Powers, Frank H., 129

  Powers, Stephen, 35

  Presidio Museum, 69

  prostitution, 118

  Puerto Escondido (Mexico), 166

  Ramona, 70

  Raneri, Frank, 164

  Ray, Martin, 157

  Reagan, Ronald, 39

  realism, 138

  Red Pony Ranch, 33, 34

  Red Pony, The (1937), 7, 8, 10, 66, 162

  regionalism, 137

  Remington, Frederick, 24

  Renaissance Man of Cannery Row (Ricketts), 109

  Reynolds, Mary Jane, 29

  Ricketts, Edward F., 21, 65, 84, 85, 99, 104, 109, 113, 118, 119, 120, 132, 156, 156, 158, 165

  Carmel stay, 135, 136

  death of, 116, 127, 161

  early life, 108–109

  ecological and holistic thought, 104, 109–112

  fictional characters based on, 100, 107, 110, 113, 120–124, 121, 124

  funeral, 100–101

  lab, 65, 80, 81, 105, 108, 109, 112–117, 127

  poets enjoyed by, 112

  on problem of unity, 114

  relationship with Steinbeck, 107–108, 112–113, 115

  scientific endeavors, 109–110

  Sea of Cortez expedition, 110, 164, 165–166, 166, 169–171

  as water–gazer, 112

  Ricketts’s lab (Monterey), 65, 80, 81, 105, 108, 108, 109, 112–117, 127

  River Road (Salinas Valley), 44

  road trips, books about, 11

  “Roan Stallion” (Jeffers), 136

  Rocinante (Travels with Charley), 28, 88

  Rogers, Ginger, 76

  Romero, Eduardo, 72–73, 127

  Romero, Tomás, 73

  Roosevelt School (Salinas), 24–25

  Roosevelt, Teddy, 78

  roque, 95

  Russell, Bertrand, 133

  Sacred Heart Novitiate (Los Gatos), 153

  Sag Harbor (New York), 88, 111, 174, 175

  Salinas (city), 13, 65

  California Rodeo, 15

  Californian, 21

  early history, 14

  Japanese internment, 16

  lettuce strike, 139, 148–149

  locales

  Bell’s Candy, 30, 144

  Chinatown, 22, 28, 28, 29

  downtown, 14

  11 Station Place, 29

  Garden of Memories Cemetery, 29, 30–31, 31

  Granger railroad station, 30

  Graves house, 23

  Griffin house, 23

  Hotel Jeffrey, 30

  John Steinbeck Library, 26–27, 27

  Main Street, 22, 29–30

  Market Street/Castroville Street, 29

  Monterey County Courthouse, 24

 

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