Who would have thought on Feb. 27, 1902, that the little boy born in the lush and verdant green fields of the Salinas Valley, the little boy who loved his pony Jill and his privacy more than anything in the world, would become one of America's most prolific novelists and the 1962 Nobel prize winner in literature?

Although as a young boy Steinbeck struggled in school to read, his now famous lyrical and evocative language paints vivid images of his literary characters and pastoral settings of the Salinas Valley, Monterey and the surrounding Pacific coast.

As an adult, John Steinbeck stated that the one thing he could not bear was another human being oppressed, abused, or taken advantage of by anyone more powerful, especially if the motive was greed.

Steinbeck gives us characters from the ragged edge of life and insists that we see and acknowledge their inherent dignity in the worst possible circumstances.

Join Logan “as we read and study Steinbeck's 1947 novel, The Wayward Bus, where we meet unlikely and lost characters who must journey together from their shattered lives and dreams into a more hopefully promising future.”

Participants are expected to have computer literacy/access and email. Please also bring a notebook and writing tool; some writing will be required.