John steinbeck biography timelines

1900–1929‍

1902-2-27: Steinbeck born in Salinas, California, the third of four children and the only son of John Ernst II and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck.

He spent his childhood and adolescence in the Salinas Valley, later called the "Salad Bowl of the Nation."

1915–1919: Attended Salinas High School (Original building no longer in existence.)

1919–1925: Attended classes at Stanford University, leaving without taking a degree.

During these years, Steinbeck dropped out for several months and was employed intermittently as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand, bench chemist and factory worker.

1925-11: traveled by freighter from Los Angeles to New York City; worked as a construction laborer and, briefly, for the New York American.

1926–1928: lived in Lake Tahoe, California and worked as a caretaker for a summer home.

1929-08: publication of first novel, Cup of Gold, by McBride (New York).

1930–1940

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