The Red Pony
Steinbeck, John / Seelye, John![The Red Pony](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/193/19344610/CHSBZCOP0319344610.jpg)
A Penguin ClassicWritten at a time of profound anxiety caused by the illness of his mother, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in these stories about a boy who embodies both the rebellious spirit and the contradictory desire for acceptance of early adolescence. Unlike most coming-of-age stories, the cycle does not end with a hero "matured" by circumstances. As John Seelye writes in his introduction, reversing ...