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Thomas Steinbeck (1944–2016)

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Thomas Myles Steinbeck was born in Manhattan, New York on August 2, 1944 to novelist John Steinbeck and his second wife Gwyndolyn Conger. He studied film at the University of California, Los Angeles. He served during the Vietnam War as a helicopter gunman and then as a producer with the American toon meer Forces Vietnam Network. After the war, he worked in film and television and wrote screenplays. He published a collection of stories, Down to a Soundless Sea, in 2002. He later published two novels entitled The Silver Lotus and In the Shadow of the Cypress. He died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on August 11, 2016 at the age of 72. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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criera | Oct 4, 2022 |
Review refers to audio version.
An historical artifact is unearthed by a storm, and the consequences of its discovery cause dissension among Chinese Americans. The tale is told from the perspective of a scientist at a marine biology lab in the early 1900's, and I kept wondering if he was modelled on Doc from John Steinbeck's books. The final section occurs in the present time, as 2 college grads try to figure out the mystery. They gross luxury portrayed seems like wish fulfillment on the part of Steinbeck, who admits in an Afterword that he himself has searched out some marine history indicating Chinese "discovered" America long before Columbus.
Methodicaly (perhaps even ploddingly) told tale, somewhat reminiscent of a Sherlock Holmes mystery.
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juniperSun | 11 andere besprekingen | Mar 29, 2021 |
John Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors. So the surname on this book caught my eye at a used-book sale, as did the title of the book (and, frankly, the cover art). Not having known that the Steinbeck clan included any other authors, I took a chance on it. And boy am I glad I did. This book ought to be better-known among fans of John Steinbeck's work as I think his son writes equally well. It's an amazing book of short stories (some longer than others) that I'd highly recommend to anyone. If this book is indicative of his writing, I am going to have to make sure to get more of Thomas Steinbeck's books.… (meer)
 
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tnilsson | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 23, 2018 |
Review: In The Shadow of The Cypress by Thomas Steinbeck.

This was another interesting story where Thomas Steinbeck combines history and suspense with creativity that gives vivid realism to California’s wealthy legacy. This is well written story and the characters were too developed and as a reader I found them predictable because of their history/culture of their traditional personality traits. After reading for years most readers assume what a person will do in a situation because of their custom.

The story is fascinating with the discovery of Chinese ancient artifacts embedded in the roots of a fallen cypress tree along the coast of California in 1909. By way of the story the reader finds out that years ago the Chinese also came to America and settled in an area of Monterey, California closed to the time Christopher Columbus set foot on the same soil. The plot to this story starts with an Irishman named Luke, who was clearing away the trees that had fallen during a powerful storm came upon a buried treasure that could overturn centuries of secrets and betrayals and reveal old historical mysteries.

Steinbeck takes the story back many years to the first discovery and the agreement that was made between the European’s and China about the artifacts. Then moving on to the tragedy of the artifacts ending up at the bottom of the ocean left both America and China at a loss. There was a reason that these artifacts were of interest. The jade seal on the two items may prove that the Chinese landed in America first before the Europeans even touched the wild and beautiful California….

This discovery of the Chinese ancient artifacts are described as a plaque and miniature statue with valuable significance because of a Chinese jade seal inscribed in a trio of languages of antiquity. Luke, who found the items, assumed they were something of value but hesitated to whom he should trust to tell. Luke does some research himself and finds out that they had disappeared over a hundred years ago. Supposedly, they were at the bottom of the ocean because of the steamboat with the artifacts caught fire and sank before it got to China.

What Luke does next is interesting and where technology brings us to the end of the disappearing mystery of the artifacts….
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