John Steinbeck papers
Contributors: Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; American literature; Description and travel
Description: Typescripts with holograph corrections of The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and Sea of Cortez (1941), the latter coauthored by Edward Flanders Ricketts, together with related material; and letter (1962 March 24) written by Steinbeck to Cynthia and Robert Wallsten, describing Steinbeck's stay on Capri Island, Italy.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Viking Press, 1943.

Transfer, Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division, 1964.

Purchase, 2001.

Author.  Full name: John Ernst Steinbeck.

Collection material in English.

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