"Tower Books Edition, First Printing February 1946" stated on copyright page; The World Publishing Company; hardbound; good condition with some age foxing of pages throughout; green boards very good; dust jacket fair with edge wear and tears (pics).
 
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John Steinbeck's first short story collection, The Pastures of Heaven, is a cycle of loosely connected short stories typifying Steinbeck's early writing style. Each story in the text is linked to the others by setting and the appearance of the Munroes, a family that comes to live on the abandoned and seemingly cursed Battle farm in the Pastures. The text offers an in-depth exploration of individual and family problems against a backdrop of farming in rural central California.