Salinas High School (1915-1919) Stanford University (1919-1925, did not graduate)
Farm hand, Spreckels Farm (summers c. 1915-1919) Handyman, Lake Tahoe resort (c. 1925) War correspondent, New York Herald Tribune (c. 1942-44)
Cup of Gold (1929) The Pastures of Heaven (1932) To A God Unknown (1933) Tortilla Flat (1935) In Dubious Battle (1936) Of Mice and Men (1937) The Red Pony (1937) The Grapes of Wrath (1939) The Moon...
Their Blood Is Strong (1938) Sea of Cortez (1941) Bombs Away (1942) A Russian Journal (1948) The Log From the "Sea of Cortez" (1951) Positano (1954) Un American a New York et a Paris (1956) Once T...
California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal for best novel by a California author, Tortilla Flat (1935)California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal for best novel by a California author, In Dubious Batt...