First edition, published by Viking Press in September 1952. Steinbeck’s famous tale describes two families living in the Salinas Valley--the Hamiltons and the Trasks. The Hamiltons are based on Steinbeck’s own family history. Steinbeck considers…
Pictured are Edith Shapiro, born in 1935, and Selma Rossen, born in 1936, in Zloczów, Poland. The sisters were hidden children during the duration of the war. With their parents, they immigrated to the United States in 1946.
Edith stands outside the first home a Christian family hid her and Selma. When hidden for a second time, the Christian family only took Edith because she could "pass as Aryan." The Gentile family left Edith alone in their home the next morning. Out…
A poem written by Thomas Gray. The poem's narrator contemplates death and thinks about the remembrances that come after death while in a churchyard. Very popular in its time. Published in London: printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. This copy sold by…