The book begins by describing Samuel and his family living in Salinas Valley. Samuel was a very creative man who invented many things. But none of his inventions could have carried him to fortune, he remained a poor farmer because he was a bad business man. Samuel was known to be wise and people came to him for advice. He had a wife and nine kids. After describing Samuel and his family, Steinbeck jumps to …showed first 75 words of 1006 total…

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