Cannery Row (novel)

Cannery Row
First edition
AuthorJohn Steinbeck
GenreRegional slice of life
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
January 1945
Media typeHardcover
Pages208 hardback (181 paperback)
OCLC175742
LC ClassPZ3.S8195 Can
Followed bySweet 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.

  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.