Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

  1. Steinbeck’s California: The Valley of the World

  2. Salinas: A Remembered Symphony

  3. Beyond Salinas: Salad Bowl of the World

  4. Moving Around: A Restless Decade

  5. Monterey Peninsula: Circle of Enchantment

  6. Pacific Grove: The Writer’s Retreat

  7. New Monterey: Water-Gazers

  8. Bohemian Carmel: Modernism in the West

  9. Los Gatos: A Place to Write

10. Beyond California: The Lure of Mexico

Timeline

For Further Reading

Notes

Index

Credits

About the Author

About the Photographer

About the ArtPlace Series