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Cannery Row

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Description: This is a segment of the underworld on the California coast near Monterey. A group of rootless men, who took jobs only as a last resort, lived contentedly in an old warehouse; nearby Dora ran her house of prostitution with business efficiency, and in his marine laboratory Doc prepared the specimens he collected along the shore. Love for Doc was the sentiment that all Cannery Row shared, and the climax was the fearful birthday party given for him.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1945.
Call number: 657126
Creator: Steinbeck, John (1902-1968)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased for The Huntington from Funke Literary, LLC by the Library Collectors' Council, March 2025.

"Polly Adler's house--the brothel that gave this best-selling 1953 autobiography its title--was a major site of New York City underworld activity from the 1920s through the 1940s. Adler's notorious Lexington Avenue house of prostitution functioned as a sort of social club for New York's gangsters and a variety of other celebrities, including Robert Benchley and his friend Dorothy Parker. According to one New York tabloid, it made Adler's name synonymous with sin." --Google Books.

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Approx. 15 items, with some duplicates. Transcripts from various broadcast media outlets in L.A. Subjects include: KNBC-tv sports commentator Stu Nahan criticizes LAT sports coverage; KFWB-radio's Gary Franklin interviews Police Chief Ed Davis, who is critical of a report LAT ran on the LAPD; KHJ-tv interviewer with Robert Gottlieb and Irene Wolt, authors of Thinking Big, a book critical of LAT; KHJ-tv interview with Walter Ownbey, Commander of the L.A. Cnty. Sheriff's Department Homicide Division; a "60 Minutes" segment, narrated by Dan Rather, on prostitution and vice in Rock Springs, WY. Bill Stout and Connie Chung report on a busing plan for Los Angeles area schools.

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The lonely silver rain

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Someone is trying to kill Travis McGee, someone linked to southern Florida's drug traffickers--either Miami's old-time underworld or the new generation of Latino drug barons--and in order to save his own life, McGee must detonate a drug war.

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Tortilla Flat

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Adopting the structure and themes of Arthurian legend, John Steinbeck creates a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above Monterey on the California coast and peoples it with a colorful band of knights. As he chronicles the thoughts and emotions, temptations and lusts of the "knights", Steinbeck spins a tale as compelling as the famous legends of the Round Table.

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