MixedIt just feels very different because I didn't feel that in this book he was quite as strong with characterization as he is in everything else that I've read by him, including his non-fiction works. But it was still a good book.
Cup of Gold (1929)
Others: Mixed A STANDOUT in the Steinbeck canon, Cup of Gold is edgy and adventurous, brash and distrustful of society, and sure to add a new dimension to the common perception of this all-American writer. Steinbeck's first novel and sole work of historical fiction contains themes that resonate throughout the author's prodigious body of work. From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. And he had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja, and to conquer Panama, the "cup of gold."
- ISBN:
- 9780141922935
- Length:
- 240 pages
Genres: historical fiction
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