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020			_a9780141185101
082			_a813.52 _bSTE
100			_aSteinbeck, John
245			_aOf mice and men _cJohn Steinbeck
260			_aNew York : _bPenguin Books, _c1993.
300			_a105 pages : _c21 cm.
520			_aThey are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him
650			_aCowboys -- California -- Salinas River Valley -- Fiction.
650			_aSalinas River Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction.
650			_aPsychological fiction
650			_aWestern stories
650			_aClassic fiction
942			_2ddc _cBK