[Continued,ftom page 16] Pacific Grove in
1936 but returned periodically, most
notably in 1948, after the breakup of his
second marriage. He then worked exten-
sively on the neglected cottage and its gar-
1 *el
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den. He also painted the Cotlage,1 03,1,1
he called "stud red" to cclebrare his
return to single life, according to hic,pht·
pherjackson Benson. (St.Jean intrilil: 1 0
keep it that color.) While livilly tllc re
REPORTER
John Steinbed< in 1939
and working sporadically on the screen-
play Zapata, he met Elaine Scott, who
became his third wife. Steinbeck left
Pacific Grove in 1949 forNew York City,
and in the early 1950s, he gave the cottage
to his sister Elizabeth, who lived there
until 1988, when she was in herninetics,
St. Jean plans to open the cottage to
the public occasionally: Admirers and lit-
erary pilgrims will be able to see the
place Steinbeck described, in a 19481etter
to his friend and publisher, Pascal Covici,
as "a good way stopping-place and a good
one to come backto-often." Steinbeck
macie his last stop there after his death in
New York City in 1968. Recognizing his
enduring affection for the place, his fam-
ily placed a box with his ashes in the gar-
den fbr two nights before their burial in
the family plot in Salinas. 10
3 7 '4 / 3 'L
1
, OCR Text: [Continued,ftom page 16] Pacific Grove in
1936 but returned periodically, most
notably in 1948, after the breakup of his
second marriage. He then worked exten-
sively on the neglected cottage and its gar-
1 *el
Cl
.
4 e
.C
f
£*1
'f· '
den. He also painted the Cotlage,1 03,1,1
he called "stud red" to cclebrare his
return to single life, according to hic,pht·
pherjackson Benson. (St.Jean intrilil: 1 0
keep it that color.) While livilly tllc re
REPORTER
John Steinbed< in 1939
and working sporadically on the screen-
play Zapata, he met Elaine Scott, who
became his third wife. Steinbeck left
Pacific Grove in 1949 forNew York City,
and in the early 1950s, he gave the cottage
to his sister Elizabeth, who lived there
until 1988, when she was in herninetics,
St. Jean plans to open the cottage to
the public occasionally: Admirers and lit-
erary pilgrims will be able to see the
place Steinbeck described, in a 19481etter
to his friend and publisher, Pascal Covici,
as "a good way stopping-place and a good
one to come backto-often." Steinbeck
macie his last stop there after his death in
New York City in 1968. Recognizing his
enduring affection for the place, his fam-
ily placed a box with his ashes in the gar-
den fbr two nights before their burial in
the family plot in Salinas. 10
3 7 '4 / 3 'L
1
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