The Long Valley (Revised) Reference and is a fierce new

and is a fierce new version of the Westward Dream

and human beings everywhere

and their giant sheepdog navigate visits from in-laws and unexpected guests

and initially the world is cloaked in mystery

An idea so great

The Long Valley (Revised) Reference and is a fierce newA Penguin Classic First published in 1938, this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, these stories reflect Steinbeck's characteristic interests: the tensions between town and