John Steinbeck

The Long Valley is a collection of short stories written by the American author John Steinbeck. The collection was first published in 1938. It comprises 12 short stories. The short stories were written over several years and are set in Steinbeck's birthplace, the Salinas Valley in California. They include the …

Het boek The Pearl van de schrijver John Steinbeck gaat over een jonge parelvisser die op een zekere dag een enorme parel vindt. Dit is zijn kans om uit zijn miserabele situatie te geraken, denkt hij. Dat de parel veel waard is weet iedereen, maar de opkopers van de parels willen de parel voor zo weinig mogelijk …

Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, the hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody …