John Steinbeck
JOHN STEINBECK
1902-1968
"CANNERY ROW IN MONTEREY IN CALIFORNIA IS A POEM,
A STINK, A GRATING NOSE, A QUALITY OF LIGHT, A TONE,
A HABIT, A NOSTALGIA, A DREAM. CANNERY ROW IS THE
GATHERED AND SCATTERED, TIN AND IRON AND RUST
AND SPLINTERED WOOD, CHIPPED PAVEMENT AND WEEDY
LOTS AND JUNK HEAPS, SARDINE CANNERIES OF CORRU-
GATED IRON, HONKY TONKS, RESTAURANTS AND WHOE
HOUSES, AND LITTLE CROWDED GROCERIES, AND LAB-
ORATORIES AND FLOPHOUSES..."
--- JOHN STEINBECK
CANNERY ROW, 1945
DONATED TO THE PEOPLE OF MONTEREY
BY
MR. & MRS. MERLE W. STRAUCH
C.W. BROWN, SCULPTRESS
1972
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