Google Doodle Celebrates John Steinbeck's 112th Birthday

Posted on February 27, 2014

Google published a Google Doodle on google.com today to celebrate John Steinbeck's 112th birthday. Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 and died at age 66 in 1968.

Steinbeck won both The Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize during his impressive career. He penned 27 books, including sixteen novels, as well as five short story collections. Steinbeck won the Pulitzer three times for The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden and Of Mice and Men.

When you click on the Google Doodle it takes you to a graphic featuring illustrations that showcase five Steinbach novels. The graphics also contains short excerpts from each novel. The following five novels are featured:

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