Journal of a Novel
Steinbeck, John![Journal of a Novel](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/193/19344523/CHSBZCOP0319344523.jpg)
Each working day from January 29 to November 1, 1951, John Steinbeck warmed up to the work of writing East of Eden with a letter to the late Pascal Covici, his friend and editor at The Viking Press. It was his way, he said, of "getting my mental arm in shape to pitch a good game." Steinbeck's letters were written on the left-hand pages of a notebook in which the facing pages would be filled with the test of East of Eden. They touched on many s...