... had many odd jobs. He worked as a ranch hand, joined a road-building gang, worked in a sugar beat factory, and even helped in the construction of Madison Square Garden. After a couple more tries at getting some his work published Steinbeck returned to California in order to write his first novel ... first began to gain in popularity with the writing of the first parts of the story The Red Pony. The Red Pony is made of four interconnected stories "The Gift", "The Great Mountains", "The Promise", and "The Leader of the People". In these stories Steinbeck draws on his days of wandering arou...

• Word Count: 1424
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... had many odd jobs. He worked as a ranch hand, joined a road-building gang, worked in a sugar beat factory, and even helped in the construction of Madison Square Garden. After a couple more tries at getting some his work published Steinbeck returned to California in order to write his first novel ... first began to gain in popularity with the writing of the first parts of the story The Red Pony. The Red Pony is made of four interconnected stories "The Gift", "The Great Mountains", "The Promise", and "The Leader of the People". In these stories Steinbeck draws on his days of wandering arou...

• Word Count: 1379
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School