Cannery Row (novel)

Cannery Row
	First edition
Author	John Steinbeck
Genre	Regional slice of life
Publisher	Viking Press
Publication date	January 1945
Media type	Hardcover
Pages	208 hardback (181 paperback)
OCLC	175742
LC Class	PZ3.S8195 Can
Followed by	Sweet Thursday

Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945.^[1] It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. The story revolves around the people living there: Lee Chong, the local grocer; Doc, a marine biologist; and Mack, the leader of a group of derelict people.

The actual Monterey location Steinbeck was writing about, known casually as Ocean View Avenue, was later renamed "Cannery Row" in honor of the book. A film version was released in 1982 and a stage version was produced in 1995.

^ Matthiessen, F. o (December 31, 1944). "SOME PHILOSOPHERS IN THE SUN; John Steinbeck's Novel "Cannery Row" Is a Tale of Lovable Bums in Monterey CANNERY ROW. By John Steinbeck. 208 pp. New York: The Viking Press. $2. Cannery Row'". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.

[1] Matthiessen, F. o (December 31, 1944). "SOME PHILOSOPHERS IN THE SUN; John Steinbeck's Novel "Cannery Row" Is a Tale of Lovable Bums in Monterey CANNERY ROW. By John Steinbeck. 208 pp. New York: The Viking Press. $2. Cannery Row'". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.

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