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Hometown that once shunned John Steinbeck now honors him
Monday, March 18, 2002
SALINAS, Calif. -- Mist shrouds the hills that hem in Monterey Bay, and cattle still graze the valley where farm workers pluck romaine and red leaf from the soil. But little else remains the same in this fertile spread where John Steinbeck set many of his stories.
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