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Long Island

This is where Steinbeck and his wife have a house by the shore, 30 feet above sea level.

New York City

Steinbeck considers this a center of literature and other arts.

Bangor

Steinbeck takes his first motel here and the place seems made entirely out of plastic, including the restaurant.

Deer Isle

The place reminds the author of an English coastal region, from the climate to the people and architecture.

Empty Restaurant

In Connecticut on his way from Maine, Steinbeck encounters this place where he wants to rent a cabin, and although the neon signs announce that the place is open and has vacancies, nobody comes by all night long.

Northern Michigan

Steinbeck camps by a lake on private land here where he meets a married man who has no direction but will likely end up in the city because his wife wants to live there.

Chicago

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