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 The house has been stripped of historical elements. May 2012. |
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(Frances Purrington house, 1907). From 1915 to 1918, this was the home of Steinbeck's maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Hamilton, a major character in East of Eden. She died here in 1918. In 1936, Steinbeck and his brother-in-law built the small workroom attached to the main house. The gold statue that formerly stood outside the
structure has been removed by the new owner. It is
fondly dubbed, The Colossus of
Gold, and has inspired a long-running
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See part one of a video of the statue's removal. Produced by Robert Pacelli Camera: Jeff Sax, Clemencia Macias, Robert Pacelli, Esther Trosow Colossus Rescue Action Corps: Snick Farkas, Robert Pacelli, John Middleton, Jeff Sax, Alan Cohen, Jim Becklenberg, Jesse Corsaut, Clemencia Macias, Esther Trosow Statue by Richard Andolsen Thanks to Barovelli for YouTube broadcast |
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See part two of a video of the statue's removal. Produced by Robert Pacelli Camera: Jeff Sax, Clemencia Macias, Robert Pacelli, Esther Trosow Colossus Rescue Action Corps: Snick Farkas, Robert Pacelli, John Middleton, Jeff Sax, Alan Cohen, Jim Becklenberg, Jesse Corsaut, Clemencia Macias, Esther Trosow Statue by Richard Andolsen Thanks to Barovelli for YouTube broadcast. |
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 When Steinbeck was writing East of
Eden, he "warmed up" each day by writing a
letter to his publisher at Viking Press, Pascal
Covici. These notes were jotted in the same ledger
book where Steinbeck wrote the first draft of the
novel. These letters have been published as Journal
of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters. |
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From Central Avenue, turn right on 3rd Street, go down to Ocean View Blvd., and turn right. Down a few blocks, on your left, is a group of large tile-roofed buildings. This is. . . 
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