Once the center of California's sardine-packing industry, Monterey is more likely to be recognized as the setting in John ... and produce from the nearby Salinas Valley. Wild Fish in Pacific ...

One of those spots will be the Steinbeck Museum ... a 12-mile long region above the Salinas River near Monterey Bay. Vineyards, found at 30-1200 feet above the valley floor, are on dry, granite ...

Alone or with pals, Steinbeck roamed the long Salinas Valley and the shores of the Monterey ... that turtle keeps crawling along through John Steinbeck’s whole shebang.

The Western Flyer, a fishing vessel made famous by John Steinbeck's book "The Sea of ... which caught the attention of Salinas developer Gerry Kehoe. Seizing upon a unique opportunity to own ...

At the boatyard the wreck was valued at $0, but a purchaser from California, John Gregg ... as part of a new tourist complex in Salinas, California, where Steinbeck was born and grew up.