{"product_id":"9781564747624","title":"Steinbeck Remembered: Interviews with Friends and Acquaintances of John Steinbeck","description":"Dr. Audry Lynch, a Steinbeck scholar, has gathered together twenty reminiscences from people who knew John Steinbeck personally. The interviews cover three periods in Steinbeck's life in California: his childhood in Salinas, his life as a fun-loving crony of Ed \"Doc\" Ricketts in Cannery Row, and his residence in Los Gatos as an established writer. They show a life lived fully, and a man who knew how to live. These portraits don't sugar-coat or beatify the man John Steinbeck. They are honest and frank views of a person who could be described as an odd boy, a hell-raiser, a drinker and womanizer, and a proud reclusive celebrity. Nevertheless all the people interviewed remember the man fondly, and the composite portrait that comes across is of a brilliant, talented artist and fun-loving loyal friend.","brand":"SCB Distributors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164345581808,"sku":"9781564747624","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781564747624_p0.jpg?v=1763758067","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781564747624","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}