5/20/2023 0 Comments Cannery row 1945No one has yet been able to identify a plot in “Cannery Row,” but plots are beside the point. Readers seemed to get a kick out of the slap-happy cast of rascals, bums, inebriates, prostitutes and a beloved marine biologist named “Doc.” Among other things, “Cannery Row” describes the lost entrails of a dead humorist, an artist who used chicken feathers as his medium, and local ne’er-do-wells who sloshed through tide pools in search of sea life they could sell for wine money. But that didn’t stop Monterey from parlaying John Steinbeck’s “Cannery Row” into a template for its billion-dollar tourism industry.ĭespite the critics, Steinbeck’s 1945 novel was an instant best seller. So did most of the other East Coast elites. Previously published on Substack’s Monterey Neighbors & Friends
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