Google Doodle honors author John Steinbeck

(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) When I was a young reader, one of my favorite books was "Travels with Charley," a tale of one man's trip across America with his faithful poodle. As I grew older, I fell in love with other books authored by Charley's traveling companion. That's why it's only fitting to me that John Steinbeck's work be celebrated through the latest Google Doodle. Related stories Google doodle for Valentine's tells real, beautiful love stories Google's peaceful Martin Luther King Jr. doodle Google bestows author Zora Neale Hurston her own doodle Born in Salinas, Calif., on February 27, 1902, Steinbeck worked at a series of odd jobs before embarking on his writing career. Though his first novel was published in 1929, Steinbeck gained fame during the 1930s for such classics as "Tortilla Flat," "Of Mice and Men," and "The Grapes of Wrath." Known as a writer with a social conscious, he used his craft to convey the plight of migrant workers and poor laborers struggling to survive. Several of his novels caught the eye of Hollywood

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