The Long Valley and The Red Pony

I just finished reading John Steinbeck's The Long Valley which is a collection of short stories about the people of the Salinas Valley area. "The Red Pony" is the final story but it is much longer than the others. Some of the stories must have more behind them then I got with one reading. I would highly recommend this book. Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. I have read other books of his and I enjoyed them all. I am sure one could find hundreds of summaries on the net for any of his books, so I will not bother. Maybe I will take some notes on the next book I read. I have started Isaac Asimov’s The Caves of Steel one of his robot novels. I will try and do a better report on it without writing a summery. .