California, Monterey County, Monterey
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In October 1944, John Steinbeck, his second wife Gwyn, and their infant son Thom returned to Monterey. On November 10, 1944 they moved into the Lara-Soto Adobe, “a house I have wanted since I was a little kid.”
Here he wrote The Pearl, a parable based on a story heard while on the Sea of Cortez trip with marine biologist Edward F. Ricketts.
The Steinbecks left for Mexico in April 1945 to help film The Pearl and never returned to the adobe.
Steinbeck was living in this adobe when his book Cannery Row was published in January 1945
This monument was dedicated on November 10, 1994
by
The Cannery Row Foundation.
(Arts, Letters, Music • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
In October 1944, John Steinbeck, his second wife Gwyn, and their infant son Thom returned to Monterey. On November 10, 1944 they moved into the Lara-Soto Adobe, “a house I have wanted since I was a little kid.”Here he wrote The Pearl, a parable based on a story heard while on the Sea of Cortez trip with marine biologist Edward F. Ricketts.
The Steinbecks left for Mexico in April 1945 to help film The Pearl and never returned to the adobe.
Steinbeck was living in this adobe when his book Cannery Row was published in January 1945
This monument was dedicated on November 10, 1994
by
The Cannery Row Foundation.
(Arts, Letters, Music • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
