May 30, 2008 - Day 120; trip to Salinas to the Steinbeck Center was very timely as I'm about to finish the Steinbeck class at Stanford.
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one of Steinbeck's late novels, set in an imaginary New England town. I discovered an original edition on my bookshelves and re-read it recently. Although unlike any of Steinbeck's other novels, it is insightful as to what makes people work..."searching for a soul..."
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Dora - must be twice as law-abiding as everyone else (since she's making her living illegally....)
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Cutaway section - life size model of the cast-off "boiler" that was made into a cozy home by Sam and Mrs. Malloy, some of the quirky characters in the funniest novel ever written - "Cannery Row"
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