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…showed last 75 words of 288 total…is know for his novels taking place in California in a farm, ranch, or small town and the focus being on the harsh conditions that his characters must deal with, he did towards the end of his life write The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, it was published in 1979 after his death. John Steinbeck died in 1968 but he left a legacy of novels that so vividly captured the lives of lower-class Americans.