The Western Flyer, a fishing vessel made famous by John Steinbeck's book "The Sea of ... which caught the attention of Salinas developer Gerry Kehoe. Seizing upon a unique opportunity to own ...

At the boatyard the wreck was valued at $0, but a purchaser from California, John Gregg ... as part of a new tourist complex in Salinas, California, where Steinbeck was born and grew up.

Alone or with pals, Steinbeck roamed the long Salinas Valley and the shores of the Monterey ... that turtle keeps crawling along through John Steinbeck’s whole shebang.

One of those spots will be the Steinbeck Museum ... a 12-mile long region above the Salinas River near Monterey Bay. Vineyards, found at 30-1200 feet above the valley floor, are on dry, granite ...

SALINAS — This coastal valley made famous by the novelist John Steinbeck is sometimes known affectionately as “America’s ...

The Western Flyer, a state-of-the-art purse seiner when it was built in 1937, was chartered by John Steinbeck and his marine biologist ... which caught the attention of Salinas developer Gerry Kehoe.