East of Eden

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Black-and-white photo of John Steinbeck wearing a suit, smiling, and sitting in a chair with a stack of his books on his lap and bookshelves behind him.

Map highlighting the location of Salinas in central California, United States, with state boundaries for California and neighboring states, and a small inset globe showing the region's position in North America.

James Dean as Cal Trask and Julie Harris as Abra stand close together, smiling, in a fairground scene from the film East of Eden (1955).

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novel by Steinbeck

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Black-and-white photo of John Steinbeck wearing a suit, smiling, and sitting in a chair with a stack of his books on his lap and bookshelves behind him.

John Steinbeck

The Nobel Prize-winning author considered East of Eden (1952) his magnum...

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Map highlighting the location of Salinas in central California, United States, with state boundaries for California and neighboring states, and a small inset globe showing the region's position in North America.

Salinas, California

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James Dean as Cal Trask and Julie Harris as Abra stand close together, smiling, in a fairground scene from the film East of Eden (1955).

East of Eden

Julie Harris and James Dean in East of Eden (1955), directed by Elia Kazan.

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