John Steinbeck
44) Tortilla flat
Author
Publisher
Navona
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
213 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
In the shabby district called Tortilla Flat above Monterey, California lives a gang whose exploits compare to those of King Arthur's knights.
48) Zapata
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
xii, 369 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
National Endowment for the Arts
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Physical Desc
1 CDs ( 39 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Includes interviews, commentaries and excerpts from the novel, providing first-hand accounts of why The Grapes of Wrath remains so compelling seven decades after its initial publication. Teacher's guide contains ten lessons, each with a focus topic, discussion activities, writing exercises, and homework assignments. Also includes capstone projects, suggested essay topics, handouts with more background information, and bibliographical references. Lessons...
Series
Studio classic volume 17
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Full frame version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the Joad family and their migration to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Depression.
52) East of Eden
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, c1954
Edition
2-disc special ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The saga of three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families in the early 1900's in Northern California.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (611 min.) : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Homesteading farmers in upstate New York try to protect their home during the Revolutionary War; Dust Bowl refugees search for work in Depression-era California; the Earp brothers fight the Clantons at the O.K. Corral; a mining family in turn-of-the-century Wales struggles for unity and fair pay.
54) Viva Zapata!
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The life and times of the legendary Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata are brought to the screen in Darryl F. Zanuck's powerful production of John Steinbeck's screenplay.
55) Lifeboat
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When their vessel is torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean during WWII, eight survivors find refuge in a lifeboat. Short on food and water, their situation is further complicated when they rescue a crew member from the German submarine that sank their ship.
56) East of Eden
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 382 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin...
57) Cannery row
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen version
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound., color ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In a rundown California town where the inhabitants struggle to survive and better themselves, a romance develops between a quiet marine biologist and a runaway supporting herself through prostitution.