Typed letter : Los Gatos, California, to Pare Lorentz, undated [shortly after 1938 Apr. 9].

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Typed letter : Los Gatos, California, to Pare Lorentz, undated [shortly after 1938 Apr. 9].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441408417

Concerning the delayed publication of Steinbeck's article ["Starvation Under The Orange Trees."] Speculating that the San Francisco News refused to publish the article because his "thesis was that California agriculture could not carry on for one season without serf labor and that the present fight is to maintain the serf labor and to force the migrants into a serfdom." Also reporting that he has "abandoned the long novel for the moment and [is] doing a short quick one." Expressing pessimism about the popular and critical response to his play [the dramatic version of "Of Mice and Men"]: "I imagine they are holding it open until the announcements of awards and that seems like a lost cause to me. We picked too good a season. There are too many good plays this year." Mentioning guitars and Mexico.

1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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