John Steinbeck is the author of several award winning books. before he became a writer he was a non-conformist, he was discharged from a New York newspaper for writing opinions instead of facts. He was an apprentice hod-carrier, an apprentice painter, a working chemist, caretaker of a Lake Tahoe estate, a surveyor in the Big Sur country, and fruit picker before he began writing. He studied science at Stanford University and was a qualified marine …showed first 75 words of 1078 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1078 total…they set out to do and that was to give Doc a party. They wanted to do this because Doc had helped them all so much. Mack and the boys went and got the alcohol for Doc's party from Lee Chong. Lee was very suprised they had money to pay for it. They had a successful party for Doc and he was very suprised and happy. Mack and the boys were very proud of themselves.