John Steinbeck was born in 1902 in California. He lived most of his life there and often it is the setting of his novels. He was one of America’s great writers because of his unique contributions to literature. He gave literature a different view of America through the eyes of the working and lower classes. Through his work he shared with the reader the morals and values of these people and showed their life style. …showed first 75 words of 288 total…

…showed last 75 words of 288 total…is know for his novels taking place in California in a farm, ranch, or small town and the focus being on the harsh conditions that his characters must deal with, he did towards the end of his life write The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, it was published in 1979 after his death. John Steinbeck died in 1968 but he left a legacy of novels that so vividly captured the lives of lower-class Americans.